When it's freezing cold and snowy outside, ticks might not spring to mind, but a team at Mount Allison University wants to ...

The Carletonville SPCA warns that the recent good rain has caused an escalation in tick bite fever among pets in our towns as ...

Biology professor Vett Lloyd says the traditional way of dealing with tick bites has been to "wait and see" if people show signs of getting ill, and then to start them on antibiotics for 10 to 21 ...

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

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

SINGAPORE – About $2.4 million is being set aside by the authorities to fund a research initiative that will help in gaining ...

Tick borne encephalitis is usually spread to people who have travelled abroad to other parts of Europe, as well as China and ...

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

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

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

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

New Zealand is home to a fascinating range of blood-feeding creatures.