Deer tick activity surged this week as warmer weather stirred the Lyme-disease carrying arachnids out of their dormant winter ...

BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

As the tick season approaches, Emplify Health by Gundersen encourages everyone to stay informed and vigilant. By taking ...

Tick carries Lyme disease On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be ...

Also, contact your primary health care physician and monitor yourself for any flu-like symptoms or a bullseye-shaped rash ... to eastern black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks. Only female black ...

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.

The deer tick is the size of a poppy seed. After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease. Most wood tick bites are harmless. The spread of disease by wood ticks is not ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is potentially life-threatening and is estimated to affect 450,000 Americans. Also: E-reminders for the flu vaccine might lower uptake of the covid vaccine; educating ...