Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports cases have quadrupled over the past several years, rising to ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he's conducted fieldwork where ...

Ticks start low and crawl up, Tick Encounter at the University of Rhode Island says.

Some recent headlines suggest Americans are facing a particularly bad year for tick bites and illnesses, but the evidence is patchy and the science complicated. What may be true in one part of the ...

The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.

While health experts say people should be alert for ticks year-round, ticks are most active in Wisconsin from spring through fall. Avoiding exposure to ticks and tick bites is the recommended strategy ...