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Ticks are small bugs that survive by sucking the blood of humans and other animals. They are parasites that can transmit disease between the animals and people on whom they feed. In this article, we ...

This invasive tick, which is usually found in grassy or woody areas, carries a number of diseases and can pose a risk to both ...

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HARWICH — When stricken with high fever, nausea and headaches, not many people would suspect a tick-borne disease as rare as miyamotoi. Only a handful of cases of the disease similar to tick-borne ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you have ever been bitten by a tick, you may have worried it could transmit a disease like Lyme disease or Powassan virus. Some species are more likely to transmit disease -- ...

One out of every 2,000 emergency department visits is for a tick bite, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While a tick bite might not be an emergency in ...

Black-legged ticks aren't only pesky, they can transmit the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. And that's no picnic. Cincinnati Health Department is jumping in with the Ohio Health Department to raise ...

Experts say May through June is high tick season and the dangers could be fatal. — -- As temperatures rise and kids and pets across the U.S. return to playing outdoors, they're more likely than ...