Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Tick season is starting across the country, and experts say it’s important to be vigilant this year. As springtime temperatures start to rise — typically above ...

National Pest Management Association's index highlights cities at risk for increased pest activity, including Cleveland.

especially the blacklegged tick or the deer tick, that can transmit Lyme disease," said Emily Dinh, a medical entomologist with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. "That tick can ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a severe tick-vectored food allergy caused by sensitivity to the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose ...

The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks and the bacteria that cause Lyme disease at the ...

or an individual experiences flu-like symptoms after a tick bite, seek medical attention. The doctor may prescribe antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease. A more serious local allergic reaction may ...

Tick bites are often harmless, but the longer a tick stays on you, the higher your risk of exposure to a tick-borne illness, like Lyme disease. If you stay vigilant and check yourself for ticks ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent ...

For the first time, scientists have confirmed tick-borne encephalitis in British patients with no travel history, proving that the virus is now spreading locally. What does this mean for public ...

But there’s ongoing controversy, with many saying the medical establishment too often refuses to recognize the illness. When science writer Kris Newby got deathly ill after a tick bite ...