Veterinary researchers have confirmed a previously unknown tick-borne infection in dogs, and the discovery is sharpening ...

Insect and tick-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and Lyme disease, are serious health threats which cause human misery, hardship and more than one million deaths worldwide ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, is encouraging residents to take steps to avoid tick bites. As the weather warms, transmission of tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease ...

Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population ...

LANSING – It’s officially tick season across Michigan. As warmer weather approaches, so does the increased risk of encounters with the tiny parasites. And while there are more than 20 known species in ...

Having any kind of bug latch onto you is unpleasant, but ticks come with another level of concern given the diseases they carry. Tick repellents for humans help protect you from these blood-sucking ...

Invasive cedar trees help disease-carrying ticks survive in dry western Oklahoma grasslands, threatening rancher and ...

Texas ticks are most active between May and September, according to Sonja Swiger, a professor in Texas A&M University’s entomology program. Arthropod populations, including insects and arachnids such ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Boulder County is reporting its first human case of tularemia in 2024, following a case of tularemia in a Jefferson County resident was reported earlier this summer. However, it isn’t ...

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a black-legged tick, which is also known as a deer tick. We’ll deliver breaking news directly to your inbox.