We are asking the community to submit any ticks they find in the environment on pets, or on hunter-harvested animals for testing. We will screen the ticks for any pathogens that can cause disease in ...

Also, talk to your doctor; if they are open to prescribing a prophylactic single dose of antibiotic based on a tick-test result, it may be worth it. Otherwise, it won’t really tell you much.

New research led by Yale School of Medicine (YSM) advances the goals of creating a diagnostic test and vaccines for ...

Ticks biting humans and dogs this spring have sparked an uptick in ER visits. Here's tips on knowing what ticks look like, and how to remove them.

Ticks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred environmental conditions and habitat that determine ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer New data from the CDC suggests that alpha-gal syndrome—a tick-borne allergy to red meat—may be more widespread than previously thought.Scientists long believed that only ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

The Lewis-Upshur Animal Control Facility has obtained a new machine to test animals for tick-borne diseases and perform ...

So that makes them a bit unusual.” Litchfield County has the highest Lyme disease infection prevalence with 65% of adult female blacklegged ticks testing positive and revealed the highest adult ...