Warmer temperatures increase tick activity, raising the risk of tick-borne illnesses, University of Maine Tick Lab warns.

Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme disease is ubiquitous, there’s a lesser-known threat these insects carry that's concerning health experts: the Powassan virus. As the tick season ...

The Department of Homeland Security said the facility "does not and has not performed research on Lyme disease." ...

No treatment is available Powassan virus and about 10% of victims with severe cases die, while half of survivors have ...

Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

Tick-borne illnesses remain a serious threat in Maine, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the University of ...

The team created a novel tick antigen library housing over 3,000 different proteins, testing each to create a target cocktail ...

Lab testing showed 41.5 percent of those deer ticks carried the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. According to the report, ...