More than half of the ticks examined by Wisconsin researchers carried bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a new study says.

The unofficial start of summer arrives this weekend — and ticks are wasting no time crashing the party. Emergency room visits ...

A research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has gained new insights into how ticks influence the human immune system in order to introduce pathogens. The study shows that the saliva of ...

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

A tick capable of making its victims allergic to meat and dairy (among other items) and spreading a virus that has no known ...

Last year, there were 1,168 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in England ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites were up more than 25% in April compared to the same month last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of Lyme disease are also on ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne illness in the U.S. It also appears in Florida.