Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there ...

The CDC team in Fort Collins was researching improved detection methods for Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, typically transmitted through tick bites. If left ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.

While the disease, spread by ticks, has been reported in the UK in the past, most cases were believed to be linked to ...

Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

Common tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, anaplasmosis ... when they feed on infected animals like deer, rodents or ...

Wyoming already had three well-known ticks that are harmful to humans in the state: The Rocky Mountain wood tick, ...

When it's freezing cold and snowy outside, ticks might not spring to ... to try to assess how well preventive Lyme disease measures work after a bite. Biology professor Vett Lloyd says the ...

Although CWD has not been shown to be contagious to humans, the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization recommend against the human consumption of deer known to be infected ...

MISSOULA, Mont. – Missoula is currently without a management plan for its urban deer population, but recent cases of chronic wasting disease in nearby communities have sparked discussions.

"Lyme disease is spread by the bite of infected ticks, requiring the tick bite for entry into humans. Because of this, it is believed to be a poor choice for a bioweapon," he said in a January 31 ...