Ticks take multiple hours, sometimes up to two days, to transmit any diseases to their hosts. Everything we know about tick bite symptoms seems to have been watered down to a single telltale warning ...

People are most susceptible to tick-borne infections during the summer, when they spend time outdoors. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease, but other tick-borne diseases are on the rise ...

Tick bites often go undetected until symptoms arise. Charles Green, deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, ate a cheeseburger at lunchtime one day, and ...

Spending more time outdoors in the summers means more opportunities to encounter ticks. Delaware is home to a handful of tick species. Knowing how to avoid them and how to treat tick bites will keep ...

Mammalian meat allergy (MMA) is one of the few known food allergies caused by an environmental trigger—a tick bite. In simple ...

It's Tick Awareness Week, and the annoying, blood-sucking pests are infamous for spreading illnesses, most commonly Lyme disease. The awareness week is intended to inform and educate about the threats ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I've found numerous ticks on me throughout the summer but none have caused any problems. What should I look for when I know I've been bitten by a tick? Spring and summer months are ...

There were over 1,500 cases of Lyme disease in just one year 🚨 Latest data from UKHSA shows there were 1,581 cases of Lyme disease in 2024. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky mother is warning parents to be aware of ticks this summer after her toddler was left unconscious for nearly a week because of a potentially dangerous disease carried by ...