Tick-related emergency room visits are at the highest since 2019, CDC data shows. The Northeast region has seen the most this ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing viral upper respiratory infections. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing cases of swimmer’s ear, ...

Pennsylvania recorded 16,620 lab-confirmed cases of Lyme disease last year, keeping the state among the top 10 in the nation ...

University of Pittsburgh researchers are looking for Pennsylvania farmers willing to let them collect samples of ticks on ...

The tick population has really exploded in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Entomologist Dr. Chad Gore tells the Big K Morning Show there are a number of reasons for this.

For many years, the most notorious tick in Pennsylvania was the Blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick, a parasite that can transmit Lyme disease and Powassan virus. But perhaps the Asian ...

The state's tick specialist says every season is a bad one for ticks because they carry things that can make us sick.

Grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible using clean fine-tipped tweezers. If fine-tipped tweezers are not ...

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) -- Even though ticks are dangerous year-round, the tiny parasites are most active during the summer months. This season, both New Jersey and Pennsylvania are seeing ...

This summer's May and June spikes in tick bites are the largest for at least five years in the Northeast, according to data ...