If you’re already ticked off about the hot weather, wait until you hear about this — the tick-borne-illness, babesiosis, has ...

Experts are warning medical professionals and those who venture outdoors to be aware of a tick-borne illness that is moving ...

As summer calls us outdoors, a crucial health warning emerges from medical experts. While Lyme disease often grabs headlines, a lesser-known but increasingly concerning tick-borne illness, babesiosis, ...

With the weather warming up, many Virginia residents and visitors may be enjoying the outdoors at increasing rates. Here’s all you need to know about ticks within the state in 2024.

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

NORFOLK, Va. — It is tick season in Virginia and the pests are coming for you. According to the Virginia Department of Health, there are 16 species of ticks across the state.

Ticks are everywhere, and they’re not going to go away, according to a Virginia Tech entomologist. Warmer summers mean that there is a longer growing season and longer time for animals, who are ...

Virginia has not been immune to the spread of the longhorned tick. The tick has been spreading rapidly into the state's cattle regions in particular, threatening Virginia's cattle industry. As of 2023 ...

It got Stromdahl wondering if babesiosis could be becoming more common in Virginia and neighboring states. She spent the following two years working with a team of 21 tick researchers from across ...

Gaff, who leads ODU’s Tick Research Team, headed a group involved in the study that collected ticks at 18 sites in eastern Virginia. Out of more than 1,200 ticks they collected, eight were found ...