Lyme disease occurs when a blacklegged tick that is infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (or sometimes, Borrelia mayonii) bacteria bites a human, and the incidence has been increasing throughout the ...

Hitherto, scientists have not fully understood why ticks are such dangerous disease vectors. A research team now shows that tick saliva inhibits the skin's defense function, thereby increasing the ...

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

You spent the afternoon outside, happily weeding in your garden, watering the plants, trimming the hedges. But as soon as you head back indoors and peel off your muddy shoes and socks, you see it: An ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, is encouraging residents to take steps to avoid tick bites. As the weather warms, transmission of tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease ...

Warmer weather and longer tick seasons are fueling a surge in tick-related illnesses across the U.S. Lyme disease remains the most common infection ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Humans and animals ...

Bit of a missed opportunity to not mention that there was a Lyme disease vaccine for humans in the late ‘90s before bad press generated by anti-vaccine advocates crowing about (proven nonexistent) ...