It's the start of tick season in Massachusetts. Experts say, many of them are on the move right now, and looking for their first meal.

In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?

A new study found an increasing number of deer ticks are carrying the pathogens that cause Lyme disease and babesiosis, a parasitic infection that causes malaria-like symptoms. The study, conducted by ...

Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.

Scientists offer new insight into how the body detects light touch and how disruptions in that process may contribute to sensory disorders.

AI and robotics companies need data on movements in the physical world. Some are paying gig workers to record themselves ...

Alpha-Gal syndrome is a tick-borne allergy to a sugar found in red meat. For some livestock producers, it not only affects their health but also their livelihood.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

After that second meal, the tick molts again and becomes an adult. Adult ticks are most active in the fall and again in early ...

Tick bites that can cause meat allergies? It sounds like a meat lover’s worst nightmare, but the rare phenomenon has ...