The Chambersburg area is a prime zone for tick activity. Keystone Health shares how to prevent their bites and diseases.

Cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever have steadily risen over the last two decades in the United States, from 495 cases in 2000 up to 5,709 in 2019. Roughly 60% of cases are reported in North ...

A CDC spokesperson told Newsweek that "the number of babesiosis cases reported each year has increased over time." ...

Most people are familiar with Lyme disease, but did you know there’s another tick-borne illness quietly spreading like ...

Symptoms include fever, chills, diarrhea, headaches, joint pain, and weakness, starting a few days after the tick bite. In rare cases, it can become life threatening. It can be treated with ...

Although the symptoms of a tick bite vary depending on the type of tick that bit you, common symptoms include redness surrounding the bite and a bull's eye rash. Other symptoms may include fever ...

Colorado tick fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the Rocky Mountain wood tick. ... Symptoms of the disease include fever, rash, headache, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, ...

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Flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, and achiness are commonly associated with tick-borne diseases. Because ticks can carry such a wide variety of pathogens, symptoms will vary.

Tick bites often go undetected until symptoms arise. Charles Green, deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, ate a cheeseburger at lunchtime one day, and ...

Ticks live in North Carolina year-round, and can transmit serious illnesses such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky ...

The suspected exposure was related to outdoor activities or a workplace exposure, Carson City Health and Human Services said.