Deer tick season is far from over in Michigan — with more than a month left, experts are urging residents across the state to stay alert for bites and signs ...

The process starts with the drag. Interns with the department drag a weighted flannel-like sheet along the trails in parks around the county, picking up ticks from the grass.

Researchers at Michigan State University are experimenting with ways to deliver anti-tick medication to whitetail deer in suburban areas.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by ...

Officials have confirmed that the Asian longhorned tick has been found in Maine as the invasive disease-carrying species, which feeds on humans and animals, spreads across the US ...

Scientists are hoping to use genetic engineering to reduce the transmission of Lyme disease. The scientists' target is not ...

Seventy-five years ago, witnessing a white-tailed deer amble out of the woods and into our lives was a rare event, worthy of a call to the Watertown Daily Times, evidenced by this May 1950 report: ...

Experts warn that "profiteering entities" are pushing Lyme products that are "costly, may not work and may cause harm." ...

aNational Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China bState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Academy of Military ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved ...