The heat wave beckons people to get out in the countryside and walk. It is great to be able to get out in tee-shirts and ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT)—As temperatures warm, more people are spending time outside. This also means that tick activity is up. A few tick species are common in Kentucky, including the Lone Star tick, ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – You should frequently check your body and clothes after outdoor activities as tick season gets underway in Kansas. Kansas is home to ticks that can sometimes carry life-threatening ...

Tick-borne disease numbers are rising. Remember to take tweezers in a baggie in your pocket while hiking or just walking through one of our beautiful parks. If you see one attached, never touch it ...

With warm weather and longer days also comes the beginning of tick season. Tick season in Tennessee has already started and if you like being outdoors, you should be taking precautions. According to ...

The St. Clair County Health Department is warning residents that tick season is here. "From May to September, the Health Department actively monitors the population of ticks in the county to identify ...

Everyone in the Asheville area and beyond should take caution in raking leaves. Ticks love them and breed in them overnight because of moisture. You can’t see many of them; they are as small as a ...

LINCOLN – Beware of ticks, especially now. “It’s definitely ticks season,” said Jenny Steventon, assistant health director for the Sarpy/Cass Health Department. Unfortunately, officials of the ...

Happy spring. What a better way to celebrate the return of warm weather than chatting about parasites, specifically fleas and ticks. Well, as a veterinarian and pet owner myself, I’m not a fan of ...

To the editor: Although bitten by ticks eight times, five Lyme disease tests came back negative, yet I spent seven years getting very sick. It was a co-worker who diagnosed me one day when I shared ...