Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year ...

A CDC-funded research center based at UMass Amherst is looking for natural alternatives to chemical tick repellants, and they ...

To find the best bug sprays, Consumer Reports put repellents to the ultimate test – having real people stick their arms into ...

Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domestic animals as well as humans, considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases. Tick-borne diseases are ...

There is currently no vaccine to prevent the disease or drug to treat it, making it essential that people avoid mosquito bites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.