FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- Everybody loves water -- birds, bees, boaters, and even pests. We're talking about an uptick of ticks in the Bay Area. At the Fairfax Veterinary Clinic, they call this the ...

The invasive longhorned tick has been found carrying a bacteria that can cause a deadly disease in humans in Connecticut. The insect is spreading rapidly through Virginia. The tick can transmit ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

Ticks are found all over the world. There are more than 900 species, and many of them pass on dangerous diseases to both humans and animals. Recently, researchers conducted the largest study of its ...

Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...

A rare tick-borne virus has killed one and hospitalized two others in Wisconsin so far this year, The News Tribune reports. Powassan virus is rare, but incidents of it are on an upswing, health ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — A search for blacklegged ticks in Eastern Montana has paid off for state health ...

Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point nationwide in five years, according to the CDC's Tick Bite Data Tracker. The ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is alerting the public about the identification of a new tick in Montana commonly referred to as a "deer tick" or a ...

ANSBACH, Germany — Summertime is tick time: as soon as the temperatures start to warm up again, ticks start to appear — preferably wherever it‘s green — in tall grass, meadows and forests. This is ...