Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

By Ruth Kamnitzer Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a wake-up call. Since then, health experts worldwide have ...

Experts have sent an urgent message to the British public about the presence of a virus that could hit the country soon.

FOR the first time, a deadly brain swelling disease has been detected in British patients with no travel history – which ...

Tick borne encephalitis is usually spread to people who have travelled abroad to other parts of Europe, as well as China and ...

You’ve probably seen it on television before. A large animal like a buffalo allows smaller animals like birds to pick through ...

Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the ...

Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...