The unofficial start of summer arrives this weekend — and ticks are wasting no time crashing the party. Emergency room visits ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose foundation funds health research initiatives, is behind the proliferation of a tick that ...

Permethrin, a chemical compound that helps control insect and tick infestations, can be applied to clothing and equipment.

More than half of the ticks examined by Wisconsin researchers carried bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a new study says.

Spring is a time when we start to see an increase in ticks and experts say they've seen an increase in recent years.

A tick capable of making its victims allergic to meat and dairy (among other items) and spreading a virus that has no known ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the United States. There is no vaccine to protect against it in humans. Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and Valne ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites have surged, which scientists say is "only the tip of an iceberg of tickborne illnesses.

Emergency room visits for tick bites were up more than 25% in April compared to the same month last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of Lyme disease are also on ...

Everyone, it seems, has a tick story this spring, thanks to the mild weather. The Sheriff wasn't immune when he led a group ...

These three tick species account for nearly all tick‑borne diseases in Ohio. Here's where they live and how to avoid bites.

Michiganders are about to kick off summer with barbeques, camping, lake trips, hikes and all the outdoor fun they can pack ...