Deer ticks have a brown-orange and black color and have an oval body that is flat before feeding. Their mouthparts are long ...

No treatment is available Powassan virus and about 10% of victims with severe cases die, while half of survivors have ...

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

Deer ticks exist in wooded areas and carry bacteria that can cause infection. A bite often appears as a bullseye shape on the skin and it should be treated immediately. If you spot a tick on your ...

The team created a novel tick antigen library housing over 3,000 different proteins, testing each to create a target cocktail ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

assistant professor and head of the Stack/Whitney Collaborative of Entomology, Environment and Technology at RIT. Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the ...