Alexis Christine showing off the seed tick. Alexis Christine was spending time at her second home in Kansas when an ordinary day took an unexpected turn. The 34-year-old tells PEOPLE she and her ...

Ticks should be removed with tweezers, grasping them close to the skin's surface. Pull upward with steady, even pressure to avoid leaving the tick's mouthparts embedded. Summer can be a popular time ...

Climate change and increased outdoor activities are contributing to a rise in tick bites and related ER visits, as ticks thrive in warmer conditions and increased human-nature interactions. Ticks can ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lyme disease makes the headlines but there are plenty of additional reasons to avoid tick bites. New research highlights the latest in a growing list of tick-borne threats — a ...

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

As outdoor lovers, we tend to embrace the idea that time in nature is good for us, but one threat that's become harder to ignore: the growing presence of ticks and the serious diseases they can ...

RASH DECISIONS: Alex Smith was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever in June. “Honestly, if I didn’t see a rash on me, I probably would have assumed it was just something I was going to get over ...

This summer, tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease are spiking across the Northeastern United States, bringing a once-seasonal threat closer to home for millions, Scientific American reported. As ...

An Asian long-horned tick under a microscope. The invasive species spreading across Ohio and other parts of the U.S. can be deadly to livestock. A new tick testing laboratory service at Ohio State ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...