Most people are familiar with Lyme disease, but did you know there’s another tick-borne illness quietly spreading like ...

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

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – We’re reaching the hottest time of the year, which also means it’s peak tick season. Rocky Mountain ...

Be on the lookout for these bloodthirsty crawlers. Summer isn’t all fun and games — it’s also the time of year when creepy ...

A tick bite can look like a red, swollen area on your skin. There may also be a bull's eye around the bite. Sometimes, 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.

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

Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, which requires a tick to be embedded for over 36 hours to pose a risk.

San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department epidemiologist Jessie Burmester says this time of year is especially known for ticks.

A University of Arizona researcher is part of an effort to identify the diseases carried by ticks, and she's asking people to send her samples.

They may sometimes drop from trees. “They want to hitchhike on something,” she said. Even though baby ticks are about the size of poppyseeds at this time of year, the babies are looking to feed.

The first-ever recorded Northeast case of tick-borne Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis, a spotted fever, was reported in Connecticut, officials said.