Babesiosis, a tickborne disease sometimes called “American malaria,” is rising sharply in the U.S., new research showed.

Seeing a medical professional is especially urgent if you show symptoms of severe babesiosis. These include yellowish skin or ...

According to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, probable and confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the ...

Rates of babesiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease sometimes referred to as “American malaria,” increased an average ...

With hunting season in full swing, the threat of deer ticks looms large. Whether you’re after big game, small game, or ...

While Lyme disease is most prevalent in the northeastern United States, as deer ticks have spread, so has the disease. In ...

State health officials say the first tick to test positive for Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (EME), a bacteria transmitted by ...

Lyme Disease: Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral shaped bacterium called a spirochete. This bacterium is carried in the gut of the deer tick Ixodes dammini. The tick becomes infected ...

Scientists at the University of Maine Tick Lab are stepping up their efforts to track ticks migrating into new areas of the ...

The disease is now known to be carried by both Lone Star ticks, common to Southern Illinois, and blacklegged or deer ticks, ...

Ticks are small dangerous parasites that live in tall grass waiting for a host animal to walk by. These insects consume the ...

Starting in January, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit will stop accepting ticks from people trying to determine ...