Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such ...

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 the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

Grammy award-winning pop star Justin Timberlake, 44, recently took to Instagram to share his diagnosis of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that he said was “relentlessly debilitating, both mentally ...

(WJAR) — Martha’s Vineyard health officials said they are investigating a potential infection of a serious tick-borne disease. According to officials, a resident is potentially infected with Powassan ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, with an estimated 476,000 people infected each year. It is usually caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and, less ...

Maryland has some of the highest cases of Lyme disease​ in the nation, yet funding for research is in jeopardy.

Further validates continuation of the B-FREE Study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ARAKODA® (tafenoquine ) for treatment of chronic ...

There's an urgent warning from the family of a Dutchess County man, who they say died from a virus spread through an infected tick bite. "I don't think I've really accepted it, it's a hard thing to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging residents to take precautions against tick bites after a state resident contracted Powassan, a tick-borne illness ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...