Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD You can typically treat bug bites and stings at home with anti-itch creams and ...

Often, he explains, a doctor will see the tell-tale bullseye rash on a patient’s skin and simply prescribe the antibiotic doxycycline to effectively treat ... the bite of a lone star tick.

NewsCenter 5's Maria Stephanos spoke with Dr. Simone Wildes, an Infectious Disease Specialist at South Shore Health, to learn ...

Activities of ticks, mosquitoes, chiggers and more start increasing in the spring. Here are tips for protecting yourself from ...

Here are our most common ticks, diseases they can spread, how to prevent them from biting you and your pet and how to properly remove them if bitten.

While ticks can be active year-round, spring marks the start of peak tick season, when they’re most prevalent.

Mather said that some people who have developed this allergy from a lone star tick bite have had conditions from gastric ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a rare red meat allergy is now being ...

Occasionally, tick bites will happen. Huynh provided the procedures that are necessary for safely treating a tick bite. “To minimize the retention of tick parts onto the skin during removal ...

The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has collected since 2017 have tested positive for the bacteria that leads to Lyme ...

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