Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks also transmit other infections that cause disease in humans, ...

The American Veterinary Medical Association ... but thousands of cases are still reported each year. Many dogs are sufficiently protected against Lyme disease by tick-prevention products ...

As Lyme disease experts gather today (11th October) in Washington DC for a two-day linkurl:scientific workshop;http://iom.edu/Activities/Disease/TickBorne.aspx ...

That was the same time the Washington Post ran the story “ NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific ...

Scientists at Montana State University’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology are working to develop a better vaccination for Lyme disease.

Powassan encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, two serious tick-borne diseases, have been identified in Minnesota residents, state health officials said today. A Dakota County child died ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with some estimates putting the number of people diagnosed and treated in the U.S. at 476,000 people a year, according to the Centers for ...

The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks and the bacteria that cause Lyme disease at the ...

Lyme disease spreads through a bite from an infected blacklegged tick, and symptoms include headache, fever, and a "target" skin rash. Learn more about Lyme disease and how to prevent it.