While there are many natural tick-repellent options, they lack scientific support. Explore how to choose ways to repel ticks.

After removing the tick, thoroughly clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap ... Ticks transmit disease when they bite a human or animal to feed. Once a tick finds a host it can ...

Ticks are responsible for spreading over 25 human and animal diseases. While you may be familiar with some of these—such as ...

Dr Ronan Clancy discusses how ticks transmit Lyme disease, as well as the symptoms of and treatments for the condition ...

A small percentage of tick bites can lead to Lyme disease. Here’s how to know if you have the condition, and how to treat it ...

In a recent study, scientists have reported the first human case of a particular tickborne bacteria in Connecticut and the greater Northeast region. The bacteria are being spread by ticks that ...

These diseases live in animal hosts, so scientists have to consider how climate change is affecting those animals as well as the vector species like ticks. Humans keep encroaching on forested land ...

The state Department of Health is reminding New Yorkers, visitors and everyone who enjoys the outdoors of the importance of ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks, and while it is treatable, it is much ...

MIRANDA Hart is the latest in a string of famous people to be diagnosed with Lyme disease. The bug has also struck the likes of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, models Yolander and Bella Hadid ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks. Ticks are often found in woodland and moorland areas, even parks, gardens and grassy areas, and feed on the blood ...

Later on, the ticks spread to parts of New York and New Jersey with even higher infection rates in 2022 and 2024, respectively — though human cases didn’t materialize until now. Connecticut is ...