Lone star ticks don’t spread Lyme disease, but they can transmit other serious diseases and are linked to a mysterious meat ...

"Grasp the tick as close to the dog's skin as possible with fine-tipped tweezers or the tick removal tool," says Gonzalez.

The ticks are spreading beyond their usual habitat in the southeast, a study by scientists at the University of Kansas, ...

The most tried and tested active ingredient in tick repellents is DEET. While its effectiveness is uncontested, it can damage ...

CDPHE is asking Coloradoans to mail in the ticks they find to determine what types of ticks exist in different regions of the ...

It also takes time for a tick to transmit that disease to you — how long depends on the type of tick and the pathogen ...

A June study of blood samples from 35 Michigan farmworkers exposed to cows with H5N1 bird flu revealed no evidence of ...

four species of ticks, chewing lice, and mange mites. In general, the best flea and tick treatments for dogs are topical spot-on and oral preventatives, but the Seresto collar might be a good option ...

With tick season upon us, Queen’s researchers are taking a unique approach to identifying tick-borne pathogens with the help ...

About the size of a poppy seed, the nymphs are harder to detect than the adult ticks that will drive case numbers up in the fall. Lyme disease is caused by two different types of bacteria that deer ...