If you’re already ticked off about the hot weather, wait until you hear about this — the tick-borne-illness, babesiosis, has ...

Experts are warning medical professionals and those who venture outdoors to be aware of a tick-borne illness that is moving ...

As summer calls us outdoors, a crucial health warning emerges from medical experts. While Lyme disease often grabs headlines, a lesser-known but increasingly concerning tick-borne illness, babesiosis, ...

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

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

It got Stromdahl wondering if babesiosis could be becoming more common in Virginia and neighboring states. She spent the following two years working with a team of 21 tick researchers from across ...

Virginia has not been immune to the spread of the longhorned tick. The tick has been spreading rapidly into the state's cattle regions in particular, threatening Virginia's cattle industry. As of 2023 ...

Va. (WSET) — Health officials with the Virginia Department of Health are putting together a tick survey. The goal is to help people identify which tick bit them, so you can know if you need to ...

A Virginia family is still in shock after their 4-year-old daughter Ruby nearly died after being bitten by a tick, and they are cautioning other parents to be careful.

Gaff, who leads ODU’s Tick Research Team, headed a group involved in the study that collected ticks at 18 sites in eastern Virginia. Out of more than 1,200 ticks they collected, eight were found ...

She and her co-authors collected 1,310 ticks in Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware and found the B. microti parasite in all three states, indicating that there is potential for more human cases ...