Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

Norwich — Despite paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to investigate and pay two administrators who resigned this year, the school district was able to finish the 2024-25 school year with a ...

Over the past several years, we’ve all learned more about the potentially dangerous consequences of being bitten by a tick. Linked previously to infesting animals like deer and moose, those tiny ...

Ticks are carriers of numerous diseases, including Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis. (Getty Images) The unofficial start to summer is finally here. You’ve just returned from a day trip to the ...

Grace Mills, 18 of Valparaiso, battled Lyme disease and knows all too well the effects of a tick bite. “I started getting sick in the summer of 2018, but we are not completely sure when and where I ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Despite dropping temperatures along Michigan’s lakeshore, area veterinarians warn that ticks remain a threat to pets and their owners throughout fall, winter, and spring. Steve Fazer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point ...

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 ...

A new survey reveals that farmers in the U.S. Northeast face rising tick exposure and increasing risks from tick-borne ...

Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years. The ticks “were identified on human travelers returning to Connecticut from 2019 to 2023,” according to the Connecticut ...