DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Lyme disease is no longer a problem happening somewhere else. Health experts say cases in Ohio have exploded, and the risk is real even here in the Miami Valley. As Sam Sofio ...

A common misconception is that ticks only surface during warm weather -- this is not true.

Ticks are back in season, and Ohio has more of them than ever before. While these blood-sucking insects don't deliver painful bites, they can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, viruses, and other ...

A new study from The Ohio State University shows a major increase in the risk of being bitten by a tick infected with ...

The risk for being bitten by a tick infected with bacteria that cause Lyme disease is as high in Ohio as it is for those ...

Lyme disease risk in Ohio now equals that of Connecticut, with a dramatic increase in infected ticks reported.

An Asian long-horned tick under a microscope. The invasive species spreading across Ohio and other parts of the U.S. can be deadly to livestock. A new tick testing laboratory service at Ohio State ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A parasite that can transmit Lyme disease to humans and pets is currently in the midst of its most active season in Ohio. Ticks, parasites that feed on the blood of humans and ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A Cedarville University student says a tiny tick – no bigger than ¼” — changed the course of his life.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio’s recent outbreak of highly contagious measles — which caused 34 recorded cases in the state this year — is over, Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff said ...

There have been 31 confirmed and 47 suspected cases of Lyme disease in Coshocton as of June 30 with 749 cases in Ohio. The blacklegged, or deer, tick gained a foothold in Ohio in 2010 and cases have ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.