A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or ...

But one tick bite turned her entire world upside down as she caught Lyme disease, a bacterial infection passed to humans by ...

Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

The bill would add alpha-gal syndrome to the Tennessee Department of Health's list of reportable conditions and diseases.

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

The allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United States.

Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

Safe and effective flea and tick treatments include topical ... Parasites do not have to bite your dog for the treatment to work because the medicine works on contact. Its active ingredients ...

"Erythema migrans, a rash with a great ability to spread through the skin, is a hallmark of Lyme disease, a serious bacterial ...

Knowing what to look for can help you identify a tick bite more quickly and, if necessary, get treatment too. Unfortunately, there's no such thing as "tick season" these days. With changing ...