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It's common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health ...

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Ticks are notorious for carrying and spreading Lyme disease, but there’s another, lesser-know tickborne illness on the rise ...

Health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations, which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks ...

An infectious disease specialist shares what to watch out for this year, and which pathogens are coming into the lab.

The fourth person in the U.S., the third California resident, has been infected with the bacterium Rickettsia lanei.

New findings document the first known detection and first locally acquired human infection in the state ...

The mite-sized, reddish-brown tick thrives in manicured lawns and, according to officials, also have been identified in ...

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