A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and ...

Specifically, if the tick that bit you looked engorged with blood, was removed within the last 72 hours and was a blacklegged tick, your doctor might give you a single dose of antibiotics to prevent ...

The only ticks that can transmit Lyme in the US are blacklegged, or deer ticks, which you’re more likely to find in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and midwest part of the country. (You can ...

Specifically, if the tick that bit you looked engorged with blood, was removed within the last 72 hours and was a blacklegged tick, your doctor might give you a single dose of antibiotics to ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick -- also called a deer tick -- is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) In the Northeast, 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and up to 25% of nymphs carry the bacteria causing Lyme disease. The study analyzed data from 1989 to 2021 ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...