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

Shutterstock Image While the warmer weather brings beautiful flowers and sunshine, it also brings a host of unwanted things.

Wyoming entomologists say ticks are beginning to come out and are warning about two new species that are particularly awful.

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

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

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

The most common symptoms are sudden high fever, tiredness, major muscle aches, severe headache, and, in some cases, a rash (similar to the symptoms of Lyme Disease). Symptoms usually appear 3 to 16 ...

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

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 type of tick most commonly known to carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has been identified in eastern Montana, according to new National Institutes of Health (NIH) research. […] ...

According to Huynh, covering as much of the skin as possible when outdoors is the best defense against tick bites. However, ...