Lyme disease is caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi being transferred from an infected tick to a person through its bite. The American Lyme Disease Foundation estimates that between 1 ...

But they're worth making a big deal over, experts say, because ticks can spread serious diseases. Knowing what to look for can help you identify a tick bite more quickly and, if necessary ...

A team of biomolecular engineers, pathologists, and internal medicine specialists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, ...

A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the ...

A new red blood cell parasite, Theileria orientalis Ikeda, associated with the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been detected in Kansas. This parasite causes a disease called theileria ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...