Because of its importance, I should have penned this column a month ago, but better late than never. With temperatures hovering in the low 40s, I thought it both wise and sensible to catch up on a ...

A Pittsburgh woman is left forever changed after being diagnosed with Lyme disease.

It's the start of tick season in Massachusetts. Experts say, many of them are on the move right now, and looking for their first meal.

Woodbridge’s regional animal control officer ended up covered in ticks after helping to save a dog in a wooded area of ...

The state logged a record 4,257 Lyme disease cases in 2025, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

After that second meal, the tick molts again and becomes an adult. Adult ticks are most active in the fall and again in early ...

New tick-borne bacteria discovered in dogs in the US, Rickettsia finnyi, is very similar to canine spotted fever.

A review of declassified CIA files has reportedly revealed how a biological outbreak which impacts tens of thousands every ...

A nationwide analysis of 470 adults who blamed tick bites for months of illness has found no evidence of persistent tick-borne infection driving their symptoms. The result challenges a widely held ...

A newly confirmed bacterial species, Rickettsia finnyi, has been identified in dogs with symptoms resembling Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

Microbiology research responds to medical student's critique of unproven alternative treatments. One-size-fits-all medical ...

Doctors say 90% of all diseases transmitted by an insect bite originate with ticks, even when a mosquito does the biting. As ...