Starting in January, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit will stop accepting ticks from people trying to identify if they're at risk for Lyme disease. Robert A-Muhong, the health unit's ...

Jeanette Wheat is seeking a Lyme care practitioner in the Madison area, where she says there is a lack of specialists to ...

(U.S. CDC/The Canadian Press) Starting in January, the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit will stop accepting ticks from people trying to identify if they're at risk for Lyme disease.

Oct. 8, 2024 — Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co ...

IDPH announced that the state’s active tick surveillance system has discovered the first tick in the state to test positive ...

If a stroll through a forest or meadow has left you with tiny hitchhikers latched onto your skin, be mindful. It’s not just ...

Those who wish to receive laboratory results for a tick submission before Jan. 1, 2025, can do so by carefully placing the ...

Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as the West Nile virus.

State health officials say the first tick to test positive for Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis (EME), a bacteria transmitted by ...

With hunting season in full swing, the threat of deer ticks looms large. Whether you’re after big game, small game, or ...