Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Health officials are urging the public to be on the lookout for ticks as the weather warms up. Ticks live in grassy, brushy, or wooded areas, or even on animals. To stream 9NEWS on ...

Maryland has some of the highest cases of Lyme disease​ in the nation, yet funding for research is in jeopardy.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a spike of tick bite-related emergency room visits this summer. May saw the highest rates of people bitten by a tick in ...

Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to wage a war against Lyme disease - a tick-borne infection residents of Cape ...

Planning an outdoor getaway this summer requires many considerations: navigating rainy weekends, enduring heavy traffic and perhaps worst of all, facing an increasing tick problem. Experts warn there ...

Though Lyme disease receives the most attention, there are numerous tick-borne illnesses that pose significant health risks. In fact, the United States is home to approximately 20, some of which can ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised a renewed focus on the “diagnostic efforts” for tick-borne Lyme disease, describing it on Dec. 15 as an “invisible” illness that he claims has been ...

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. Justin Timberlake announced this ...

It might start with a walk in the woods and end with a bullseye on your skin. Lyme disease may sound like something out of a spy thriller, but it’s a very real, very sneaky illness carried by ticks.