In a data analysis, Alleghany residents were about 25 times more likely to contract Lyme disease, and Watauga residents were ...

Create a tick-free zone around your houseKeep your lawn well-manicured. Well-mown lawns will keep the tick habitat away from ...

What’s the difference between a deer tick (blacklegged tick) and wood tick (American dog tick)? Here’s what they look like, where they live, and the diseases they carry.

A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.

The Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab says there's been an increase of submissions for tick testing.Director Nicole Chinnici says the Pennsylvania climate creates ...

Growing number of meat allergy cases linked to tick bites, CDC warns 01:55. Tick bites can cause a range of different illnesses — and as the weather warms up, ticks can be particularly prevalent ...

A deer tick bite resembles a bullseye shape. Photon Illustration/Stocktrek Images/ Getty Images If the initial bite grows bigger than 5 cm in diameter over the course of five to eight days, it may ...

Ticks are parasitic bloodsuckers, capable of spreading deadly disease, and they are becoming increasingly common. Here’s what you need to know about them.

That something to feed on is usually a whitetail deer, although Leu says rabbits and raccoons are possible tick targets. But deer, Leu said, are, in ecological terms, “competent hosts,” serving not ...