URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its ...

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than ...

A new invasive tick species was recently found in St. Louis County, with more sightings expected this spring and summer. April marks the start of tick season in the Midwest, and this year a new ...

Zoë Chao in 'The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick' Pete Ohs As Hollywood finds its footing in a post-strike world, indies like The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick are shattering the ...

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Learning what a tick bite looks like is essential because you can’t rely on seeing the tick. The tick may fall off quickly or be so small it’s undetectable. Additionally, tick bites have signs and ...

Over 90 tick species are widespread across the United States, out of an estimated 850 worldwide. According to the CDC, the annual number of new cases of Lyme disease in the United States is rapidly ...

Blacklegged ticks are parasitic animals which are related to spiders. Blacklegged ticks cannot jump or fly. Instead, they seek hosts by climbing on vegetation such as grasses or shrubs and waiting for ...