Carson City Health and Human Services has received numerous inquiries regarding ticks. In Nevada, ticks can transmit serious diseases such as Lyme disease, relapsing fever, Rocky Mountain spotted ...

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Anti-tick medications exist for dogs, but certain concerns have hindered their development for humans. That’s changing. Credit...Getty Images Supported by By Dana G. Smith Q: Every three months, I ...

Spring hasn’t quite “sprung” yet, and while you may associate ticks with warmer weather, now is a critical time of year for those tiny insects. They aren’t just annoying pests ...

LANSING – It’s officially tick season across Michigan. As warmer weather approaches, so does the increased risk of encounters with the tiny parasites. And while there are more than 20 known species in ...

A rapidly spreading disease caused by tick bites has now found its way to Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C., according to a study, published in the Journal of Medical Entomology, ...

LYNCH STATION, Va. (WSET) — Most of us spend a good amount of time outdoors in the spring and summer, but for a man in Lynch Station, it nearly cost him his life. Cary Padgett spent two months in ...