In today’s Health Alert, tick season is back and so is the threat of Lyme disease. But, there is good news on the medical ...

A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...

There are a few things you can do to create tick-free zones in your yard, according to the scientists at the pest management program: Make areas of the yard where you and family spend time as open and ...

Dogs can have seasonal allergies, too. Dr. Laura Owens from Airpark Animal Hospital shares her advice for pet owners to keep ...

The Indiana Department of Health says recent death in Floyd County is being blamed on ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne illness.

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Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

To avoid getting bitten, wear long sleeves and pants in grassy or wooded areas, tuck in your shirt and stuff your pant legs into your socks. You can also wear light-colored clothing to see ticks more ...

Let's start out with an interesting fact: ticks are not insects. They're actually part of the arachnid family, closely related to spiders. Their bites, in and of themselves, are not poisonous ...

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.