Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

Americans have been issued a warning over two specific species of tick to look out for right now following a surge in the ...

What ticks to look out for: Watch out for the lone star tick The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick. This type of ...

The best plan for thwarting ticks is to adopt the “dork look” by tucking your shirt into your pants and pulling your socks up ...

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than initially ...

In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

The black-legged tick, also known as the deer tick, is the parasite that transmits Lyme disease and is common in the Northeast. The three most common ticks in New York are the deer (black-legged ...

The three most common ticks in New York are the deer (black-legged) tick, the American dog tick and the lone star tick, state health officials said. Meat allergy: Lone star tick bite can cause red ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

The three most common ticks in New York are the deer (black-legged) tick, the American dog tick and the lone star tick, state health officials said. Meat allergy: Lone star tick bite can cause red ...

Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States. This tick can spread a number of pathogens including anaplasmosis, Lyme disease, borrelia ...