Lyme disease might be the most common tick-borne illness, but there are several other diseases you should know about this summer.

These ticks don’t carry Lyme disease, but they may transmit Colorado tick fever or Rocky Mountain spotted fever to human hosts. They prey on deer, badgers, coyotes, and other mammals. Rocky Mountain ...

About 10% of victims with severe cases will die, while about half of survivors have long-term neurological problems. No ...

American dog ticks are larger than any other ticks in Wisconsin. They have medium brown bodies with light brown legs. Females are larger than males and have different markings. Both male and female ...

Folk methods for removing ticks are usually bunk for one of a few reasons. Either they aim to induce the tick to detach with ...

With spring underway, the likelihood of getting a tick-borne illness is elevated, according to Mayo Clinic. One that ...

Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ...