It is officially tick season. Although active year-round — even in the winter — this is the time of year when most tick encounters happen. There are now five types of ticks found in Ohio. The four ...

Before going for a hike or hitting a park this summer, here’s what you need to know about ticks — and the diseases they carry ...

As the summer months bring more time outdoors for activities like camping, hiking, swimming, or even doing yard work, there ...

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

Jacco Boon, a professor at WashU Medicine, holds a lone star tick collected at Tyson Research Center. Lone star ticks can ...

With climate change, tick populations have surged across the Northeast. While New York City isn’t a hot spot for ticks, it’s ...

A new Lyme disease vaccine, VLA15, is currently being tested and the manufacturers could ask the FDA for authorization as ...

As summer temperatures rise and more Delawareans head outdoors, state health and environmental officials are warning of ...

Ticks are eight-legged insects the size of an apple seed that hang out on low-growing plants, waiting to bite a mammal passing by. Besides being annoying, the bloodsuckers are dangerous: They can ...

According to the American Mosquito Control Association there are 176 known species of mosquito in the U.S.—putting Americans ...

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ...