Sampling for ticks on Cary Institute’s campus. For more than three decades, Cary researchers have been investigating how environmental factors influence Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. As part of ...

Ticks in the United States are encroaching into places where they usually haven’t been present, as are the diseases they can carry. Doctors in New York recently reported on a case of a mysterious ...

As tick-borne diseases such as Lyme, Babesia, and Anaplasma increase across the US, accurate early detection remains a critical challenge. Jason Barker, ND, clinical lab educator at Vibrant Wellness, ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." About 476,000 Americans are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year, making this tickborne ...

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, tick bites for humans are increasing across the United States, with emergency room visits for this time of year reaching their highest ...

Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park came back positive in pooled tests for Borrelia burgdorferi — the bacterium that causes Lyme disease — at a minimum infection ...

If it feels like everyone is talking about ticks this summer, there’s a good reason. Delaware ranks among the nation’s highest-risk states for several tick-borne illnesses, according to research ...

Blacklegged ticks carrying Lyme disease have spread into western North Carolina’s mountains, well south of the disease’s traditional range in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, a CDC report published ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...