A year after being bitten by a tick, a Tremont man is paralyzed from the neck down, experiencing constant seizures and on a ...

Alpha-gal syndrome was common for years in the southwestern U.S., but Pennsylvania health officials say it's been spotted in ...

This "Take Care" column from Keystone Health examines how small, usually painless tick bites can lead to big health issues like Lyme disease.

Lauren Linder is a passionate, Emmy Award-winning journalist, who joined KDKA in December 2022. She wanted to report in Pittsburgh for a long time and is thrilled to do so at such a historic station ...

Sports practices have also been canceled after multiple students reported tick bites Getty At William T. Rogers Middle School in King’s Park, N.Y., students will use indoor spaces and a blacktop area ...

New York confirmed its first known human case of Bourbon virus, underscoring public health guidance on tick prevention. Officials said the tick-borne illness was identified in a 67-year-old Suffolk ...

The cooler temperatures and changing leaves of fall draw many Wisconsinites outside. But experts warn autumn also brings a surge in tick activity and the risk of Lyme disease. Deer ticks, also called ...

COLUMBIA, Ky.—After a four-wheeler ride with her husband, Mackie Jo Pennington sat on her aunt’s porch, not noticing the tiny dots on her pant leg. As it turned out, those dots were poppy-seed-sized ...

Dr. Robert Lane is a recently retired medical entomologist from the UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. He began studying ticks and tick-borne diseases in the ...

Despite battling Lyme Disease and Alpha-Gal Syndrome, Hardecke refuses to abandon her outdoor roots or her passion for agriculture. Laura Hardecke knew something wasn’t right. Debilitating fatigue and ...

A tiny tick can cause problems that appear long after the bite itself. Scientists are increasingly studying alpha-gal syndrome, an unusual allergy triggered by tick bites, because evidence suggests ...