Despite strong efforts by public health officials to warn our citizens about the risks, tick-borne disease cases are rising ...

Tick season is a bit less frightening when you’re prepared with a tick removal tool Spring may be the season for warming weather and blooming flowers, but that’s not all that emerges this time of year ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its TickEncounter ...

First and foremost, it is crucial to do all you can to avoid tick bites as this is the best defense against tick-borne diseases. To begin with, it is important to know where to expect ticks. Ticks ...

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

Tick bites often go unnoticed at first, but they can carry serious health risks. These tiny parasites can carry diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, as well as dangerous ...

Ticks are staying alive this winter due to a combination of leaf litter and snow that provides enough warmth for ticks to ...

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attribute to climate change, human expansion into ...

It's peak season for the miniscule nymphal ticks. It's the peak season for tick nymphs across many parts of the United States, and experts are warning that this could be a particularly bountiful year ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the director of University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease ...

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 ...