The potential case comes during one of the worst tick seasons in New England in years, with a surge of tick-borne diseases ...

A tick-borne illness has been spotted in a Martha's Vineyard resident, making it the third diagnosis in the United States ...

A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne Powassan virus.

Aside from the pending investigation, there has only been one case of Powassan virus on the island in the past 20 years.

Inside Dr. Douglas Norris' lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sits a healthy stack of envelopes — not ...

Proper tick prevention includes wearing long pants, but they can still cling onto your clothes. Here's an easy way to get ...

A baby girl is being treated for a rare tick borne virus on Martha’s Vineyard. Public health officials say they are investigating preliminary results of<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on ...

This delayed allergic reaction is called alpha-gal syndrome. While it’s commonly called the “red meat allergy ,” that ...

As human-driven climate change makes winters shorter, ticks are spreading to new parts of the country. And when ticks find hospitable homes, they bring new tick-borne illnesses to the humans who live ...

This year's tick season has been extremely active. You can help prevent disease if you know how to remove one.

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