Astealthy quest is afoot in the forests of the Netherlands. Sitting atop a blade of grass, biding time till its next blood meal, is a hard tick. It attaches to an exposed leg of an unsuspecting victim ...

Cases of anaplasmosis and babesiosis have also increased over the last ten years, and 2016 saw the first case of hard tick relapsing fever reported. Dr. Kwit says the higher rates could be because ...