GREENSBORO, N.C. - Health officials are urging the public to be on the lookout for ticks as the weather warms up. Ticks live in grassy, brushy, or wooded areas, or even on animals. To stream 9NEWS on ...

Despite decades of public health messaging about Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, cases continue to rise, ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is a spike of tick bite-related emergency room visits this summer. May saw the highest rates of people bitten by a tick in ...

Janine Hauck doesn’t know which tick gave her anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. She just remembers the fatigue, weakness and nausea. The Mt. Lebanon, Pa., resident was an avid hiker, backpacker, dancer, ...

The New Jersey Department of Health advises you to avoid wooded areas with dense shrubs and leaf litter, wearing protective clothing, using insect repellents, perform tick checks and mowing lawns ...

Lone star ticks, which originated in the southern United States, are on the move, potentially complicating the diagnosis of tickborne diseases in areas where they now overlap with ticks that cause ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – As summer activities ramp up and more people spend time outside, health experts are sounding the alarm on a small but serious danger: ticks. As part of our “Ask the Expert” ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced the opening of the 2026 Student Lyme Disease Prevention Art Competition.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justin Timberlake isn't the only person to recently contract tick-borne Lyme disease. And with Lyme disease outbreaks on the rise ...