As summer continues and we reach mid-season, outdoor activities such as hiking, and camping bring a higher chance of ...

Researchers say they have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the ...

As global temperatures rise and weather patterns shift, we are seeing more and more changes to our natural world. One example ...

The Asian longhorned tick has been detected in Maine for the first time. It has now been reported in more than 20 U.S. states ...

A team of researchers led by Joshua Modell says they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain ...

A small developer of vaccines passed a milestone last week on the long road to a preventive shot for Lyme disease. The French ...

Chagas disease, spread by 'kissing bugs,' has been found in humans in 8 states over the past decade. The bugs themselves are ...

Any Lyme test available for sale at a drugstore or website is unapproved, says Andrea Love, a microbiologist and director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. Another red flag is the use of saliva ...

The number of people contracting severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) — an infectious disease transmitted by ticks — continues rising in the country, mainly in western Japan.

Since 2013, Chagas disease in humans has been reported in eight states, according to Texas A&M University's Kissing Bug ...

The New World screwworm fly is a type of blowfly whose larvae feed on the flesh of their victims. Currently, the parasite is ...

California is one of the eight states where people have acquired Chagas disease locally from insects that carry a parasite in ...