Lone star ticks and Asian longhorned ticks are rising in CT, raising concerns about alpha-gal syndrome and ehrlichiosis.

Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia are seeing unusually aggressive tick activity this year. As tick season rolls around, residents of tick-prone areas in the U.S. are readying to ...

Ohio State University has tested 6,000 ticks from all over the state for bacteria, viruses and disease-causing parasites over ...

Experts are predicting a severe tick season for North America in 2026, including propagation of the lone star species whose ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he’s conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of ...

Tick numbers are steady, but disease risk is rising Blacklegged tick populations in New England and New York aren’t exploding, but the number of ticks carrying disease-causing pathogens has risen ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, the tick-borne illness that causes people to develop a serious allergy to meat and dairy, is "an emerging public health concern in Massachusetts," the state epidemiologist says. Dr ...