UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...

Tick-borne diseases are making headlines more than ever this season, and one nasty tick called the lone star tick is making ...

Emergency room visits from tick bites have jumped this summer, compared to past years. In the Northeast, ER visits for tick bites in June have reached their highest numbers this year, since 2019. The ...

Most tick bites on humans are relatively benign and pose no long-term ... Use antibacterial soap, rubbing alcohol, or iodine to clean the area well and wash your hands. This is important to ward off ...

Ticks, potential carriers of Lyme disease, pose a risk to humans and pets in Michigan's outdoors. Tick season in Michigan typically spans from April to September, with peak activity when temperatures ...

A Mebane man is now home from the hospital, recovering after a scary fall in his trailer last month. The doctors they met ...