Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

Lyme disease can result in more serious symptoms if left untreated. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: This disease is carried by a bacterium and can be transmitted by the bites of dog or wood ticks.

Soon, we will no longer be seeing wood ticks (also called American dog ticks). It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t go outdoors, especially around grassy, weedy areas without attracting a horde ...

The deer tick is the size of a poppy seed. After a feeding, it can triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Lyme disease. Most wood tick bites are harmless. The spread of disease by wood ticks is not ...

But the numbers of blacklegged ticks, the main transmitters of the Lyme disease bacteria, are growing, she said. Vett Lloyd, a biology professor at Mount Allison University, says her lab's ...

Research is underway at Mount Allison University to try to assess how well preventive Lyme disease measures work after a bite. Biology professor Vett Lloyd says the traditional way of dealing with ...

When summer started, Lyme Disease wasn’t the first thing that crossed Syndi Raiber’s mind. Raiber, a resident of Litchfield, couldn’t even fathom that her 19-month-old daughter ...

Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

which if found effective in VALOR could become the first vaccine for Lyme disease – a systemic infection caused by a bacteria (Borrelia burgdorfii) transmitted to humans through tick bites.

Experts have warned that the virus TBE, transmitted by ticks, has begun to spread locally in the UK – the virus can cause ...