Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

Lyme disease spreads through the bite of an infected black-legged or deer tick. It is not contagious through human contact. No cases of Lyme disease have spread through touch, saliva, or sex. Lyme ...

Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there ...

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

Biology professor Vett Lloyd says the traditional way of dealing with tick bites has been to "wait and ... assuming that people may have been infected and giving them a preventive dose of ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.

Knowing what to look for can help you identify a tick bite more quickly and ... Some ticks can transmit illnesses to humans, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and even Powassan ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has now been confirmed in locally acquired human cases in the U.K., with evidence of ...

Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread by infected blacklegged ticks, these ticks are the most common ticks here on the west coast. According to the CDC, Lyme disease spreads when ...

A vaccine for Lyme disease could be available soon, according to reports. A promising jab for the disease was pulled from the market in 2002 due to low demand and claims of arthritis and other ...