Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.

Send ticks packing by clearing away their favorite foods and habitats, and adopting repellents and landscaping techniques ...

Grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible using clean fine-tipped tweezers. If fine-tipped tweezers are not ...

A tick bite can look like a red, swollen area on your skin. There may also be a bull's eye around the bite. Sometimes, the ...

The type of tick that typically carries disease in New England is the deer tick, which can be as small as a poppy seed.

A judge on Friday denied an eleventh-hour request to block the removal of eight migrants detained in Djibouti, paving the way ...

“If you’re out all day long, try to do a quick check for ticks every few hours,” said Bobbi Pritt at the Mayo Clinic. “When ...

WORCESTER ― The number of ticks in Massachusetts is increasing, according to some experts, and that means the risk of catching a serious disease is rising. "Ticks are more active, and they're biting ...

Learn about alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy that makes people allergic to red meat. Discover symptoms, causes, and ...

While tick bites increase every summer, with another small spike in the fall, 2025's numbers are the worst since 2019, ...

Ticks (Die Zecke) are ectoparasites that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, causing various ...

As summer adventuring kicks into gear, it’s important to stay apprised of the risks of tick bites. Dr. Meegan Leve, a ...