Ticks can be hard to spot but spread serious diseases. See pictures of what tick bites and rashes look like and get tips from ...

Hidden in leaf litter near wildlife corridors, a poorly known threat to public health lies in wait for hikers, cyclists and ...

It took doctors a long time, however, to figure out the unlikely cause: alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy, which Wallace probably got from lone star tick bites in her backyard in ...

Researchers at Kansas State University say the number of cases of an allergic reaction to red meat tied to tick bites is ...

RT-PCR analysis of serum samples from 792 participants, collected between May and July from 2022 to 2024 identified 26 ...

Bites from specific types of critters also require medical attention, Kassouf adds, particularly those from venomous spiders and disease-carrying ticks. Here are some of the mot common bug ...

Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, ...

When an infected tick bites someone, it transmits Rickettsia rickettsii bacteria. The bacteria attack the lining of the blood ...

While ticks bite year-round, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler, wetter conditions but more importantly — it is the tick that can carry Lyme disease.