Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

For the first time, specialists in Montana have identified a blacklegged tick in the state, a species that can carry Lyme ...

Lyme disease is probably the most widely known disease that can result from a bite from the black-legged tick (a.k.a. deer ...

In 1990, researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine examined museum specimens of deer ticks for the DNA sequencing specific to the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It was found in ...

While ticks can be active all year round, they are most active in the months April to July, so now is the time to be looking out for them. The symptoms of Lyme disease, including tiredness ...

As warmer weather arrives, so does tick season, increasing the risk of bites that can transmit dangerous tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease and ... also known as the deer tick Blacklegged ...