Folk methods for removing ticks are usually bunk for one of a few reasons. Either they aim to induce the tick to detach with ...

Astealthy quest is afoot in the forests of the Netherlands. Sitting atop a blade of grass, biding time till its next blood meal, is a hard tick. It attaches to an exposed leg of an unsuspecting victim ...

Warmer temperatures increase tick activity, raising the risk of tick-borne illnesses, University of Maine Tick Lab warns.

These East Coast ticks are known to carry many devastating illnesses, including Lyme disease, hard tick relapsing fever, and anaplasmosis. If that wasn’t bad enough, perhaps the most unfortunate ...

The statewide infection prevalence for babesiosis in blacklegged ticks is 16%, anaplasmosis is 7%, hard tick relapsing fever is 3%, and Powassan virus was found in less than 1% of ticks statewide.

The entire skin should be scrutinized for embedded hard ticks, and all must be promptly extracted by the appropriate technique to avoid potential respiratory failure. Recovered specimens should be ...

“They’re everywhere. We live in the woods too, so I am always checking for ticks.” Steve Bradley does routine checks with his dog, Nash. “He’s hard to check, a lot of hair and kind of ...

including anaplasma phagocytophilum (anaplasmosis), babesia microti (babesiosis), borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), borrelia miyamotoi (hard tick relapsing fever), and Powassan virus (powassan ...