Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred ...

”For a tick to spread these things to you, it has to be attached to you for often 36 hours,” said Clay Steele, Lee County conservation naturalist. “So, take simple precautions and look yourself over, ...

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and data from a study recently released shows Wisconsin recently recorded the highest ...

Cases of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have been increasing in Quebec for more than a decade, and experts say ...

Indiana has six ticks that spread diseases and illnesses to people. Each of them has more than one pathogen that they can ...

"Health Nuggets" is written by the North Country Community Health Services Board, the legal, governing authority for local ...

Ticks and the pathogens they transmit are a significant concern for both humans and animals alike. Controlling tick populations can be difficult because a large part of their lives are spent off the ...

Scientists at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute extends its tick study. They aim to find details about how the ...

Doctors are warning people to be on the lookout for a parasite that is becoming increasingly more prevalent across the US.

Tick populations have remained stable over the past two decades, but the percentage of ticks with dangerous pathogens has ...

Protect yourself from ticks, caution health experts, to all Hoosiers outside in their yards or hiking in the woods.

This rash usually develops 3 to 30 days (7 to 14 days on average) after the disease-transmitting tick bite. Erythema migrans is the earliest sign of the disease in about 70 percent of Lyme disease ...