With warmer weather comes the threat of ticks. If you have a yard that backs up to a woods or heavy brush, then ticks will ...

Tick-borne diseases are spreading into new parts of the United States at a pace that has caught public health officials off guard. Babesiosis, a potentially fatal parasitic infection once confined to ...

"Public health agencies should be aware of the increasing risk." Researchers issue warning as dangerous tick-borne disease spreads in US region: 'Really started increasing' first appeared on The Cool ...

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At the age of 20, Cortez was ultimately diagnosed with Lyme disease, an illness caused by Borrelia bacteria and typically ...

Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise in the U.S., with experts pointing to climate change, growing tick populations, and improved disease tracking as contributing factors. Thomas Hart from Johns ...

Patient had seizures, fever and other symptoms before doctors found a cause. A lone star tick is displayed on a monitor in a lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in Raleigh, N.C., ...