“If you’re out all day long, try to do a quick check for ticks every few hours,” said Bobbi Pritt at the Mayo Clinic. “When ...

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

Even in northern-tier Midwestern states, ticks are active and crawling for seven months or more yearly, and smart hunters everywhere will take precautions to prevent disease-carrying tick bites. I’ve ...

Experts are warning of an increased possibility of people contracting dangerous diseases as ticks spread across the United ...

Lyme disease plus alpha-gal syndrome and tick paralysis pose serious health risks, say experts. Here's what to know.

Summer has arrived! Schools are out for summer vacation, and all the great summer activities have begun! The month of May was ...

Local agencies are ramping up efforts to track, test and teach prevention, and residents are encouraged to take precautions ...

America is in the thick of a tick boom. Health departments logged 89,240 confirmed or probable Lyme disease cases in 2023, ...