If you've noticed bites on you or your pet, you're dealing with a flea or tick infestation in your yard. Combating them ...

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

Lyme disease, a bacterial infection which is spread to humans through bites from infected ticks, is ‘increasing rapidly’, with the number of people who’ve been diagnosed with the disease, including ...

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

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 ...

“Unfortunately, on Staten Island, you have the five ticks that we consider to be a human health risk,’' said Joellen Lampman, a school and turfgrass extension support specialist with the New York ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...

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 ...

An invasive tick species has been slowly spreading across the United States, bringing infection that can leave people with extreme sickness and, in some cases, death. The Asian longhorned tick, which ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Tick bites have surged to record levels this summer, with numbers in the Midwest nearly doubling compared to previous years. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...