Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

University of Rhode Island professor Thomas Mather said that tick sightings have increased in the last two weeks. Mather said it’s currently too early yet to tell how bad tick season will be. But he ...

(NEXSTAR) — A tick known to cause meat and dairy allergies appears to be continuing its northward spread, prompting new reminders from health officials. The lone star tick, found primarily in southern ...

This year, visits to the ER for tick bites have been on the rise. Tiny yet dangerous ticks can spread a number of diseases to humans and animals. But don't panic if you discover a tick on you or a ...

A newly published study in the Journal of Medical Entomology discovered that human babesiosis, a disease caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells, has expanded to the Mid-Atlantic ...

As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health. By Maggie Astor Lately, Shannon LaDeau and her colleagues have had unwelcome visitors at their ...

It's tick season ad those tiny yet dangerous ticks can spread a number of diseases to humans and animals. But don't panic if you discover a tick on you or a family member. Just because a tick lands on ...

(NEXSTAR) — An invasive tick that can prove fatal for cattle has spread to a new state, officials have confirmed. The Asian longhorned tick, which was first detected in the U.S. in 2017, was found in ...

An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country as warming temperatures help it spread a little-known infection that can leave people with debilitating symptoms and, in ...

WELCOME BACK. WELL, SUMMER IS HERE, AND THAT MEANS WATCH OUT FOR TICKS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE SPENDING EXTENSIVE TIME OUTDOORS. AND THIS YEAR, THERE’S A NEW CONCERN. AS A NEWER SPECIES OF TICK IS ...