Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Key Takeaways A tick bite can be a small red area with a visible tick or a dark ...

Lyme disease remains low in Northern Nevada, but reported cases of the tick-borne illness have increased significantly in ...

GREENFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — Emergency room visits for tick bites have surged to their highest level since 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Paula Hall, a family ...

The lone star tick along with the alpha-gal syndrome seems to be spreading in the U.S. Now there's been the first reported ...

As rates of tick-borne illness continue to rise, a group of researchers and health care workers developed a guide for pediatricians to recognize and treat tick bites. The geographic range of ticks is ...

There's a new medical issue on Martha's Vineyard, and it's impacting the way people eat. It's known as "alpha-gal syndrome," and is not a tick-borne illness, but rather an allergy in response to a ...

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal ...

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...