Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

Turns out, some insects have the same idea. The Venn diagram between human outdoor activity and nymphal (baby) tick activity has significant overlap. This creates a perfect storm for a surge in ...

The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has collected since 2017 have tested positive for the bacteria that leads to Lyme ...

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful ...

Researchers confirmed that black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) can trigger alpha-gal syndrome in humans. A 10-year ...

Ticks biting humans and dogs this spring have sparked an uptick in ER visits. Here's tips on knowing what ticks look like, and how to remove them.

Scientists consider these human biters the main AGS culprit, but these new cases shift the blame to deer and western black-legged ticks. This new evidence raises concerns about the spread of AGS ...

A recent study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases has revealed a concerning development in tick-borne allergies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with ...