On TikTok, videos of fake "tick" infestations have become an immensely viral genre. Dermatologists are trying to debunk them, as some believe the "ticks" are simply beans or other props. The ...

Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (or sometimes, Borrelia mayonii) bacteria bites a human, and the incidence has been increasing throughout the ...