Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia are seeing unusually aggressive tick activity this year. As tick ...

Tick bites are causing people to go to the emergency room at the highest levels in nearly a decade, and hotter-than-usual temperatures are partially to blame. Even in record heat, birdwatcher Theresa ...

As tick activity rises across Maryland, Montgomery County health officials urge residents to take precautions against bites, ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he’s conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of ...

Lyme disease cases in Michigan nearly quadrupled between 2022 and 2025, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services — jumping from 553 in 2022 to 2,167 confirmed cases ...

Ticks are present in Arizona, though the state's extreme heat can limit their activity in exposed areas. While possible, contracting Lyme disease in Arizona is rare, with most cases linked to ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne illness that causes people to develop a serious allergy to meat and dairy, is "an emerging public health concern in Massachusetts," the state epidemiologist says. Dr ...

Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more heavily populated areas of the state. The number of Lyme disease cases in ...