Getting bitten by a deer tick can lead to Lyme disease. These ticks can carry bacteria responsible for the illness and ...

By: Food Drink Life Most people are familiar with Lyme disease, but did you know there's another tick-borne illness quietly ...

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the ...

Ticks are already prevalent in the woods in Lorain County. However, health officials now report that another species of tick has migrated to the area, bringing the threat of Lyme disease with it.

Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the CDC. July is already the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017 – with children ...

Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease ...

Remember, tick nymphs, baby ticks are the size of poppy seeds, so they can be easily overlooked.” Hinkle offers a few tips in the event you find a tick on your body: Don’t worry about using ...

Even though baby ticks are about the size of poppyseeds at this time of year, the babies are looking to feed. “A lot more tick bites actually occur this time of year than maybe as ticks when ...

These ticks usually feed from dogs, but can sometimes end up on humans as well. Antibiotics can treat the disease if someone catches it within the first week, but if left untreated it can be fatal .

As the weather starts to warm up on the Central Coast, tick season is also beginning. San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department epidemiologist Jessie Burmester says this time of year is ...

Later on, the ticks spread to parts of New York and New Jersey with even higher infection rates in 2022 and 2024, respectively — though human cases didn’t materialize until now.