(WJET/WFXP)– Spring may have sprung, but you don’t want any ticks springing on your body this season. As the weather starts to get warmer, deer ticks start to get active again, and one bad bite could ...

A new study from the Cary Institute found 10% of ticks sampled carried multiple pathogens, including those that cause Lyme and babesiosis.

Approximately 476,000 people are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year in the United States,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

The life span of a deer tick is about two years and they develop through three stages: larva, nymph and adult. Their bite is painless and often is unnoticed, but they can carry Lyme disease. Photo ...

Acting fast after a tick bite can lower your risk of developing Lyme disease. You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your ...

Planning an outdoor getaway this summer requires many considerations: navigating rainy weekends, enduring heavy traffic and perhaps worst of all, facing an increasing tick problem. Experts warn there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female deer tick crawls along a piece of canvas used to sweep the forest floor at the Norma Johnson Center in Dover Township, ...

(WJAR) — Martha’s Vineyard health officials said they are investigating a potential infection of a serious tick-borne disease. According to officials, a resident is potentially infected with Powassan ...

BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania -- A Pennsylvania woman is sharing her family's story on how she lost her husband to a disease she'd never heard of that is spread by ticks. Crissy Naticchia is still in ...

Planning an outdoor getaway this summer requires many considerations: navigating rainy weekends, enduring heavy traffic and perhaps worst of all, facing an increasing tick problem. Stream Connecticut ...