As awareness of tickborne diseases increases, it's important to know which ticks can cause these diseases, where you can find them and how to identify them.

Lone star ticks are becoming more common in Rhode Island and other parts of the Northeast. A bite from a lone star tick can cause a serious red meat allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, in some ...

Something is different about tick season in 2026. Emergency rooms from Maine to Minnesota are filling up with people who walked through their own backyard, hiked a familiar trail, or let their dog off ...

Tick season got off to an early and strong start this year. This spring, emergency room visits for tick bites in the United States surged to the highest levels seen in nearly a decade, according to ...