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 ...

There are early signs that it could be a bad year for tick bites. In May, the rate of people seeking emergency care for tick bites was the highest it's been since 2019, according to data from the ...

As temperatures rise, ticks of several kinds are flourishing in ways that threaten people’s health. By Maggie Astor Lately, Shannon LaDeau and her colleagues have had unwelcome visitors at their ...

There is an increasing need for signs such the one seen here at the entrance to a trail at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, New York, warning of ticks. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty ...