A Maynard girl’s life was drastically changed after contracting Powassan virus from a tick bite in 2019. Her family urges ...

Turriff United progressed to the second round of the Evening Express Aberdeenshire Cup by beating local rivals Deveronvale at the Haughs. Turra got the better of the Banffers in the Breedon Highland ...

The CDC estimates that 476,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, but doctors said if caught early, it’s ...

After a tick egg hatches, it goes through three life stages: larva, nymph and adult. Both male and female ticks feed on blood by inserting their barbed, straw-like mouthparts into the skin of ...

An extra bad tick season in the United States is likely hitting its peak, and experts are stressing the importance of taking personal precautions to protect against rising cases of tick-borne disease.

The implications of this tick boom are unfortunately clear: more ticks in more places means more disease. Ticks are superb vehicles for pathogenic hitchhikers, and there are a lot of pathogens ...

A recipe for impatience with the wrong cinephiles but an innovative salve to the right ones, “The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick” makes a lasting impression — even if it is blotchy ...