Lyme Disease is a debilitating illness that is transmitted by deer ticks. These ticks live on deer and mice and tend to be found in wooded areas. Humans may experience flu-like symptoms and a bull's ...

We'll also tell you how to prevent ticks from latching on to your furry friends in the first place. Katie covered all things how-to at CNET, with a focus on Social Security and notable events. When ...

Five undergrads started a biotech company. Their first project: an at-home technology that tests ticks for Lyme disease. It ...

Zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, malaria, and rabies, are illnesses that can spread from animals to people and vice versa.

This guest essay reflects the views of Arthur Caplan, a professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. This summer has seen a national surge in tick-related emergency room visits, with the Northeast ...

Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MD You can get Lyme disease more than once after being bitten by an infected tick.Infected black-legged ticks must stay on your skin for 36-48 hours to transmit Lyme ...

Planning an outdoor getaway this summer requires many considerations: navigating rainy weekends, enduring heavy traffic and perhaps worst of all, facing an increasing tick problem. Experts warn there ...

Black-legged ticks like this can transmit the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 300,000 Americans are getting Lyme disease every year, and the ...