Deer tick activity surged this week as warmer weather stirred the Lyme-disease carrying arachnids out of their dormant winter ...

Targeting a key enzyme in the microorganism responsible for the disease could stop both its growth and ability to infect ...

Tick bites can fly under the radar, but there are signs to look for and steps to take to remove the parasitic arachnids, and ...

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

Lyme disease is the most well-known, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, and is transmitted by black-legged ticks, commonly known as deer ticks. Unfortunately, these miniscule creatures can ...

On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western ...

And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks ...

It also treats and controls ear mites, roundworms, hookworms, and lone star, black-legged (deer), Gulf Coast, and American dog ticks and prevents ... cat or hide it in a small amount of food.

Only a small percentage of the various tick population species ... Known for its nasty bite, the black-legged (deer) tick gets its name from the color of its legs. Blacklegged ticks get their common ...

“I support everything we can do to reduce the deer population on Martha’s Vineyard. The ticks have gotten out ... “I have a family with small children. We are forced out of the State Forest ...

Inflation slows to 2.4% in Feb from 2.5% in Jan ECB rate cut on Thursday seen a done deal Further policy easing on the cards as growth is anaemic FRANKFURT, March 3 (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation ...