The Illinois Department of Public Health is reminding Illinoisans to take appropriate precautions against tick bites after an ...

A promising new treatment for Lyme disease, a condition transmitted through tick bites, is in development and aims to offer ...

Health experts are still investigating whether the Illinois resident got the Powassan virus in the state, but in the meantime ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

Lyme disease cases in the U.S. trace back to the blacklegged tick, also called the deer tick. Learn how to identify and avoid ...

Researchers identify LRP8 as the essential receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus in brain cells, offering new targets ...

Although most cases are not severe, dealing with common symptoms such as fatigue, nerve pain, fever, and chills can easily ...

Symptoms of Lyme disease can range from fever, headaches, fatigue and occasionally serious heart complications.

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is about 5 mm in length or less, light reddish-brown with a central white spot on the back of most of the adults. The brown tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is ...

A circular or oval shape rash around a tick bite may appear up to three months after being bitten by an infected tick. This ...

Theileriosis, a disease carried by Asian longhorned ticks, has been detected in Iowa cattle for the first time. The disease can cause anemia and death in cattle, but it poses no risk to humans. Cattle ...