In today’s Health Alert, tick season is back and so is the threat of Lyme disease. But, there is good news on the medical ...

A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...

Mass General's Dr. Ali Raja says the new strain can cause spotted fevers and that it has never been seen before. It's rare to ...

Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies estimate that about 476,000 Americans may be diagnosed with Lyme ...

A dead rabbit found in Central Illinois tested positive for a rare bacterial disease, prompting health officials to urge ...

These cicadas, first identified in 1634, have lived underground for 17 years and are expected to spread from Georgia to ...

A recent death in Floyd County is being blamed on ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne illness. There were two ehrlichiosis deaths in ...

The snow has melted, and the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD) is hard at work taking preventative measures to ...

Tick bites are increasing alpha-gal meat allergy cases, especially in fragmented suburban and forested landscapes.

Basically, you should be on guard,‘’ said Joellen Lampman, of the New York State Integrated Pest Management program.

Our morning dawned crisp and blue. In the woods, we knew that the trails would be firmly frozen, the mosquitoes still far ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is calling on Mexico to step up its efforts to contain New World screwworm or face ...