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

Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have sat on tenterhooks, ...

Experts have sent an urgent message to the British public about the presence of a virus that could hit the country soon.

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) spreads through tick bites, similar to Lyme disease, and has the potential to cause serious ...

Tick borne encephalitis is usually spread to people who have travelled abroad to other parts of Europe, as well as China and ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has now been confirmed in locally acquired human cases in the U.K., with evidence of ...

When it's freezing cold and snowy outside, ticks might not spring to mind, but a team at Mount Allison University wants to ...

A four-man team has completed a gruelling 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic, arriving in Antigua after 52 days at sea. Team ...

BlueArc Biosciences has been a winner in all three phases so far of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator competition as it works ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or ...