It’s also unclear how the chemicals that are often used in tick repellents can affect the rest of your pregnancy. Many of them simply haven’t been studied to see if they cause birth defects.

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones.

Ticks are around all year but most active in ... EPA-registered insect repellents are safe and effective, even for pregnant and breastfeeding women. The Indiana Department of Health also ...

This bug spray is formulated with 15 percent DEET, which as Dr. Rose mentioned, isa safe concentration for pregnant people. The EPA-registered formula can repel mosquitos, ticks, chiggers ...

Platts-Mills was also one of the first scientists to identify the tick-inflicted meat allergy in 2002. “Most likely the fire ants kill pregnant [tick] mothers and eat [her] eggs or babies,” he ...

Study: Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Pregnant Woman and Long-Term Sequelae. Image Credit: KPixMining/Shutterstock The majority of infections caused by the TBEV European subtype remain asymptomatic.