This could be an especially bad year for ticks and tick-borne diseases in Michigan. Health experts offer their top tips for ...

There’s been a very noticeable increase in the tick population, both in Pennsylvania and outside of it. And with this rise in the number of ticks comes growing concern over tick-borne illnesses.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports cases have quadrupled over the past several years, rising to more than 2,000 this past year. Cases have quadrupled over the past several ...

“Not every tick immediately transmits pathogens,” Kahl emphasizes. Depending on the region, five to 35 percent of all ticks are infected with Borrelia. In some areas, the number can be even higher.

Tick-borne diseases are spreading into new parts of the United States at a pace that has caught public health officials off guard. Babesiosis, a potentially fatal parasitic infection once confined to ...

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

State health officials are warning outdoor enthusiasts to be on the lookout for blacklegged “deer” ticks in Ohio. The ticks are growing in population, which could mean an increase in Lyme disease and ...