Keep your yard tick-free: Ticks wait on blades of grass so mow your lawn regularly, remove leaf litter, and stick to the center of hiking trails or paths. Related: Five Tips to Help You Avoid ...

The prevalence of the disease, which is spread to people through the bite of a blacklegged tick, or a deer tick, has increased dramatically since the U.S. first began tracking the disease in 1991.

While most cases are caused by tick bites, less common ways of getting infected with babesiosis include getting a blood transfusion that has the parasite in it or a mother with the infection ...

These include the 5mm-long common red ant (Myrmica rubra or European fire ant) and the red wood ant (Formica ... infection because some ticks carry bacterial infections such as Lyme disease that may ...

It’s not just the bites that are worrisome; these ticks carry with them the silent threat of Lyme disease, an infection that spreads with little warning. Studies in Europe estimate that 1 to 5 ...

Christine Longette never imagined tick bites would lead to a life-threatening ... an allergist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Even one bite can trigger the condition ...

Beautiful fall days captivate many people, offering a burst of color as the leaves change and cooler temperatures that ...

Lyme disease, transmitted by tick bites, is on the rise in much of the U.S., CDC data says. Fotolia TNS This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your Life” series, in which we ...

It sounds like the plot of a second-rate horror movie: fleet-footed ticks that hatch “bombs” of hundreds of hungry biting ...