While Lyme disease gets the most attention – and affects the most people – there are other tick-borne bacteria and diseases that have also been found spreading in the U.S.

It wouldn’t be the beginning of summer if I or a family member didn’t find a tick crawling on our body. It may be our love ...

The state's Tick Research Lab, based at East Stroudsburg University, has recorded more than twice as many ticks this May compared to the same time last year.

Blacklegged ticks are extremely common in Northeastern United States. Recently, these ticks have steadily expanded into other ...

An invasive tick species has been found to carry the bacteria that can case ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has ...

Blacklegged ticks — known as deer ticks — can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses, and are common in the Lower Hudson Valley, as small nymphs emerge starting in the springtime. The ticks ...

According to the Stanley Police Department, officers were responding to a medical emergency in the 300 block of Adeline Drive in Stanley, for a three-year-old who wasn’t breathing. When officers ...

These ticks carry diseases that are dangerous to people and can even be deadly. Given the large population of ticks, and worse still, the large population of ticks that can carry life-threatening ...

Ticks are most active in Michigan from April through September. All ticks can carry diseases to pets and humans. But it’s the deer/black-legged ticks that can transmit Lyme disease. These ...