These "black-legged ticks", Ixodes scapularis, really suck and can carry the Babesia parasite, which can cause babesiosis. Image courtesy CDC/Michael L. Levin, Ph. D. 1990. (Photo by Smith ...

You’ve heard of Lyme disease — now, infectious disease experts are warning of another serious tick-borne illness that’s on the rise: babesiosis. “If you live in areas where babesiosis is endemic, ...

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 ...

A rare tick-borne disease is on the rise in the northeastern United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of babesiosis rose by 25% from 2011 to ...

Lyme disease may hold the distinction of being the most commonly reported tick-borne disease in the U.S. — but it’s not the only one. Babesiosis, a rare tick-borne parasitic disease, is spiking in ...

If you spot a blacklegged tick crawling up your leg—or worse, attached to your skin—you might be worried about getting Lyme disease. That’s reasonable because Lyme is the most commonly reported ...

NEW HAVEN >> An infectious disease carried by the same ticks that transmit Lyme disease can be cured with a combination of two drugs, according to a Yale study. The disease, babesiosis, is an emerging ...

OFFICERS TRUE HEROES. MULTIPLE CONFIRMED CASES. AND I’M GOING TO LET THE DOCTOR HERE TAKE THIS WORD. BABESIOSIS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THAT’S A DISEASE PRIMARILY SPREAD BY DEER TICKS. SO WE TALK A LOT ...

People who live in or travel to the Northeast or upper Midwest this summer should take precautions to avoid contracting babesiosis, a tick-born disease native to those areas, according to a new report ...