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 ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Key Takeaways Check your skin for ticks if you've been in wooded or grassy areas because ticks can attach and cause disease.Remove a tick as soon as you find it ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that affects 500,000 people each year in this country. It is spread through a deer tick bite. In some it may be mild, and in others, sever. Justin Timberlake ...

If you spend time in nature, it's important to understand how to identify tick bites. This guide will help you understand the symptoms.

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, ...

GREENFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — Emergency room visits for tick bites have surged to their highest level since 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Paula Hall, a family ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Think if you don’t go in the woods you can avoid ticks? Think again. Ticks have now been found in parks, lawns, and they even climb buildings. Ticks are active as ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

Kentucky's top ticks include deer ticks, dog ticks and Lone star ticks. These ticks transmit Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and AGS. Tick checks, protective clothing and prompt removal ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Tech researchers are investigating Lyme disease awareness in the New River Valley as cases continue to rise across the region. The Commonwealth ranks tenth nationally in ...