One of the most common diseases ticks can transfer is Lyme disease, Hayes said. The black-legged tick is the primary vector ...

By Dan Stark Tick season is in full swing on the East End, as more people spend time outside in warm weather, creating more ...

Indiana has six ticks that spread diseases and illnesses to people. Each of them has more than one pathogen that they can spread.

Protect yourself from ticks, caution health experts, to all Hoosiers outside in their yards or hiking in the woods.

Scientists at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute extends its tick study. They aim to find details about how the ...

In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that an estimated 450,000 Americans suffered from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS. Numbers may be higher since AGS is not a reportable condition, which ...

MAINE, USA — A recent CDC study is raising new concerns about more people being at risk for a red meat allergy from deer tick bites. Scientists long believed that only the Lone Star tick was ...

Lyme disease can cause rash and flu-like symptoms ... Recent research has also linked the lone star tick to the “alpha-gal allergy” where the tick bite can result in the person developing ...

The blacklegged tick is perhaps the biggest threat because it’s the only tick species that can transmit Lyme disease, a ...