ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-Press NOW) -- Tick season has been in full force for the past few weeks, and experts warn that the risk will remain high through the summer. In Northwest Missouri, tick activity ...

Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis and Alpha-gal. Use insect repellent, tuck pants into socks, and check clothing and body for ticks after being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No one wants to worry about summer illnesses, but there are certain diseases that spread in the warm weather because of tick bites ...

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attribute to climate change, human expansion into ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites this year are at the highest levels since 2019, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rise is especially prevalent in the ...

You undoubtedly know someone who has to avoid certain foods – peanuts, eggs or chocolate, perhaps – due to an allergy. But did you know that if you get bitten by certain ticks, you could develop an ...

Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...

Chances are, no matter where you live, you live in tick country. These parasitic arachnids love to crawl onto our bodies, explore for a bit, and then settle down and bury their little heads into our ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As summer ticks on, health officials are warning Lowcountry residents to take extra precautions outdoors as tick-related illnesses continue to surge across the state.

A longhorned tick, a species native to East Asia, has been discovered in Butler County, Ohio, for the first time, raising concerns for pets, livestock, and humans. Dr. Chantel Raghu, a veterinary ...