Warm weather is finally here, and we’re ready to open the windows and spend time outside. But as we head outdoors, are we ready for ticks? Probably not. Communities can and should work together to ...

Have you spotted any dark, grain-sized bugs on you or your pets in recent weeks, either after a muggy walk through the woods or a simple trip to the backyard? There's a good chance it's a tick. The ...

Spring means warmer weather and an uptick in peak activity of nymph ticks making May the best time to highlight National Lyme Disease Awareness month. The month is dedicated to prevention and early ...

A rare disease carried by ticks has been detected in Lake County thanks to the help of the Illinois Department of Public Health's (IDPH) tick surveillance program. IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — With the weather getting a lot nicer, we’re all spending a lot more time outside with our pets, and if you don’t want to end up spending time at the veterinarian's office, you’re ...

State health officials say the first tick to test positive for Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (EME), a bacteria transmitted by blacklegged tick bites, has been confirmed in Lake County. The bacteria ...

We have near-perfect tools to stop fleas and ticks, so why are our pets still infested? The problem isn't the parasite; it's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — A rare disease carried by ticks ...

CHICAGO (WAND) — A tick infected with a rare illness has been found in Lake County. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that the state’s tick surveillance system has discovered ...