Ticks live in North Carolina year-round, and can transmit serious illnesses such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, Rocky ...

Lynne McCormack moved to Chilmark last year and enjoys working at the public library in the small town on Martha’s Vineyard.

Staff at one of Chicago's largest hospital systems say they are seeing increased tick-bite cases, but there is not enough ...

Newly-cleared technology is a game changer for the diagnosis of an often debilitating disease. MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS ...

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 ...

In the late 1990s, a Lyme disease vaccine called LYMErix rolled out to great fanfare only to be pulled from the market a few years later by the manufacturer.

Background Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, can cause early and late manifestations. The category of probable Lyme disease was recently ...

In late April, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released a health alert notifying health care providers that tick ...

You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your clothes. The fresh-air high fades quickly as you remember the risks -- ticks are ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

Probable Late Lyme Disease Table 1 presents demographic and clinical characteristics of the 13 patients with probable late Lyme disease in comparison to patients with other Lyme disease and non ...

Healthbeat reports tick populations are rising in the Northeast, raising tick-borne disease risks. Here’s how to stay safe.