Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks ... but is also found in parts of coastal California and Oregon. It can spread ...

Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to potentially ...

However, new reports of the allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks (Ixodes) can also transmit the disease. The new case reports suggest that ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Here's the latest tick tracking data.

Scientists consider these human biters the main AGS culprit, but these new cases shift the blame to deer and western black-legged ticks. This new evidence raises concerns about the spread of AGS ...