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

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

Dogs that have been outside are susceptible to ticks. Here are the top spots to check your pup for ticks when coming indoors ...

Vector-borne diseases in Africa pose increasing threats due to factors like population expansion, livestock movement, and climate change. Ticks, as ...

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) spreads through tick bites, similar to Lyme disease, and has the potential to cause serious ...

Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or spread from one person to another through touch or saliva. The bacteria that cause Lyme disease can live in the blood.

A newly discovered tick-borne virus in China referred to as the “Wetland Virus,” could affect the human brain, raising serious concerns for public health. Its discovery has sparked a wave of research ...

If you find a tick on your dog, you may wonder if it is dangerous. Let's look at the Asian longhorned tick and what it can ...

A domestic British case of a potentially deadly virus spread by blood-sucking ticks, has been confirmed for the first time, experts say. Called tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) it mainly ...

Sometimes, it can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Colorado tick fever. The deer tick is the size of a poppy seed. After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease ...

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