A tick bite may first appear as a small bump. Or if the tick is carrying Lyme disease, the bite may present as a classic bull ...

Ticks are so small that it's easy to miss when they bite. But they're worth making a big deal over, experts say, because ticks can spread serious diseases. Knowing what to look for can help you ...

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

The Lone Star tick, whose bite can lead to people developing an allergy to red meat and other foods, is found mostly in the southeastern United States, in addition to parts of the Midwest and the ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being caused by the bites of two ...

New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse than we thought. A pair of new studies this month suggests that there are ...

Weather: Warm temperatures mean ticks are active in upstate NY: What to know ER tick bite reporting in the Northeast hit 53 visits for tick bites per 100,000 ER visits in March. That's above the ...

As warmer weather arrives, so does tick season, increasing the risk of bites that can transmit dangerous tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. But there's also a ...

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...