Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not ...

Oct. 23, 2024 — Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

The parasites don’t spread diseases like ticks do; however ... it’s probably a fire ant, which are more common in the southern states. Fire ants, because they’re so lovely, will actually ...

But the tick that experts warn of the most is a common blacklegged tick, which is found mainly in forests and spreads Lyme disease. Infection rates begin to peak in May, and U.S. health officials ...

More than 14 percent of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, according to a major review of the available research published on Tuesday. Central Europe ...