Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread by infected blacklegged ticks, these ticks are the most common ticks here on the west coast. According to the CDC, Lyme disease spreads when ...

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

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

The critters have inflicted deadly TBEV in the UK – which can cause grey matter to swell, paralysis and the devastation of the central nervous system - before, infections had only struck overseas ...

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

Colorado research biologist Joe Cardiello was excited about being involved in what could become lifesaving research for ...

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 ...

Chronic wasting disease slowly turns the brains of infected deer (and other cervids) into spongy, deteriorating masses, triggering bizarre behavior and, inevitably, a fatal outcome.

Deer are not just beautiful creatures that roam the woods; they are also hosts for ticks, particularly the black-legged tick, which is known to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. As these ...

“Franklin County, while an urban county that can see harvest fluctuations simply due to hunter access, also suffered quite a ...