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Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: What’s the best way to remove a tick embedded in my dog Floyd’s ...

Alexis Christine lives in Boston but has a second home in Kansas As the outdoorsy type, the 34-year-old is used to finding ticks on her body after spending time in nature Recently, however, she woke ...

The doctors who removed the tick say the boy complained of "buzzing" noises. When a nine-year-old boy in Connecticut was taken to a clinic complaining of buzzing noises and "having a sensation of a ...

Dr. Becky Smith, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the risk of an tick invasion in Illinois. Among the many tick ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Since I got pummeled by anaplasmosis, my de-tickification ritual has become ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

After years of pulling ticks off her skin, Alexis Christine never thought she'd find one clinging to her eyelashes Alexis Christine lives in Boston but has a second home in Kansas As the outdoorsy ...

Alexis Christine showing off the seed tick. Alexis Christine was spending time at her second home in Kansas when an ordinary day took an unexpected turn. The 34-year-old tells PEOPLE she and her ...

After years of pulling ticks off her skin, Alexis Christine never thought she'd find one clinging to her eyelashes Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for PEOPLE since ...