With the number of tick bite-related emergency room visits at a five-year high, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Maryland-based infectious diseases doctor is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Will it get cold enough to kill ticks and why do we have more of them in Pennsylvania? Those are two common questions a Penn State ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The end of July is nigh, but we are not quite out of the woods when it comes to catching sight of a tick bite. Dr. Meredith Stanaland with the Nacogdoches Animal Hospital says ...

As Connecticut shivers through a stretch of subfreezing days, it is tempting to assume the cold is quietly solving the state’s tick problem. The reality, scientists say, is far more complicated, and ...

Ticks are a danger in Virginia and can transmit diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Use EPA-registered insect repellents on skin and clothing, but follow product label ...

Health officials report an increasing number of tick bites across the United States as the regions where the insects typically breed have expanded. Experts cite climate change as a major factor in the ...

You might think that the record cold temperatures West Michigan saw this winter will erase the tick population into the summer. An expert says that is not the case.

Ticks, spotted lanternflies and other pests won't be impacted by this winter's cold weather.

For Connecticut residents hoping this winter’s cold delivered a decisive blow to ticks, the science suggests otherwise.