The Northeast has seen a rise in tick-related hospitalizations this summer, but CT health officials say they're prepared.

With the early warm weather, Connecticut is seeing an abundance of ticks and this year there are more types, carrying more diseases than ever. Already, Connecticut residents bitten by the tiny ...

It’s tick season, and national data shows more people are going to the emergency room for tick bites than they have in years. Around 280 out of 100,000 visits to emergency departments in the Northeast ...

Ticks are a growing menace in Connecticut, spreading Lyme disease and other serious maladies as continued warming allows the blood-sucking parasites to survive and thrive. State scientist and tick ...

Warmer spring weather translates to the start of tick season in Connecticut, and this year state scientists will be starting a new program to trap and monitor ticks in all eight Connecticut ...

'Black-legged ticks'', Ixodes scapularis, can transmit the Powassan virus by biting you. (Photo by ... More Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images). Connecticut has now had two in 2022. That’s two ...

A new report by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) shows evidence of an invasive longhorned tick infected with Ehrlichiosis virus. It’s the first evidence of a longhorned ...

The first-ever recorded Northeast case of a tick-borne disease was reported in Connecticut, officials said. Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis is a type of spotted fever transmitted through infected … ...

Health Connecticut reports its first case of tick-borne Powassan virus in 2022: What to know Using insect repellent, avoiding areas where ticks are likely, and checking carefully for ticks after ...

It’s spring — and warmer weather brings ticks. Tick-borne illnesses in Connecticut have been on the rise in recent years, according to scientists at the state’s Agricultural Experiment Station.

If you're planning to spend time outside this summer, make sure to do it while covered up. An explosion in the Connecticut tick population has spurred several senators to call for a multimillion ...