Recommendations: wash the area with soap and water, and apply cold presses and topical antihistamines in case of intense ...

Worldwide, ticks are second only to mosquitos as vectors of disease. In North America, ticks are associated with more disease ...

Experts say informed action can be the difference between a simple, itchy nuisance and a major medical emergency ...

As summer heats up, so does tick season, and with it comes the risk of Lyme Disease. Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine ...

“Which is kind of alarming,” said LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies who studies the ...

Summer is the peak season for these five ailments that range from minor to deadly. The best way to deal with them is to avoid ...

A new Lyme disease vaccine, VLA15, is currently being tested and the manufacturers could ask the FDA for authorization as ...

Nearly 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a ...

With June marking the beginning of peak tick season in Delaware, officials are reminding Delawareans of steps to protect ...

"The populations are out of control,” said York Emergency Management Director Nicole Pestana on the tick surge at local parks.