Ticks are finding new corners of Canada and driving fear of rising cases of Lyme disease into the outdoorsy — and ...

Red meat allergy from tick bites—alpha-gal syndrome—may affect up to 450,000 Americans. Learn the causes, symptoms, and how ...

Nova Scotia is seeing a rise in tick-related diseases this year, and it’s not just Lyme disease. Anaplasmosis, a tick-borne ...

Grab your long socks, because this summer is shaping up to be the highest activity tick season the country has seen in nearly ...

Changes in climate and land use mean unfamiliar ticks turning up in unexpected places, bringing exotic new illnesses ...

A “roadblock” is what veteran Suffolk County journalist Peter Boody, a former reporter and editor, and now a public official, ...

Readers asked what to do if they’re bitten by a tick, if researchers are working on a vaccine and why tick numbers are rising ...

Ticks generally prefer to hang out in moist, shaded areas, such as leaf litter, tall grass, and ground covers. Keep your grass short, and minimize tall vegetation near your home, especially dense ...

The tick surge is catching public health officials off guard. Emergency room visits due to tick bites are the highest they've ...

A warmer, longer tick season can change what people might bring home.

Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome are threatening Ohio and Michigan with a one-two punch.

Alpha-gal syndrome is a strange tick-borne illness that induces an allergy to a specific type of sugar found in red meat.