Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ailment spread by the pesky blood-sucking bugs: the Powassan virus. While ...

In alpha-gal syndrome, the immune system overreacts to a sugar known as galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or "alpha-gal" for short.

Americans have been issued a warning over two specific species of tick to look out for right now following a surge in the ...

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the charity, Lyme Disease UK, is urging the public to look out for these dangerous arachnids which may ...

An urgent warning has been given to dog owners about a common - yet potentially devastating - disease that can spread to ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Though not all ticks carry Lyme disease, it is the most common tick-borne infection in New York City and in the United States ...

A Montana hunter discovered an unusual-looking tick on her dog and submitted it to a research lab. It was discovered that ...

To extract blood, ticks use their sharp ... and shrubs are infected with viruses or Lyme disease. These infections occur when ticks feed on an infected host and then pass the infection on to ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted through the ... may be able to become active again.” Some female ticks that fed on a blood meal (to have nutrients to lay eggs) can overwinter ...