Epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman, who supervises the Vectorborne Diseases Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health, ...

Two additional tick species in the U.S. have been found capable of transmitting red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome.

They are found across the eastern U.S. and throughout Alabama. Western blacklegged wood ticks are not commonly found in Alabama but are primarily located along the Pacific coast. As the third tick ...

“You know, being outside a lot, we’ve seen a lot of ticks. They’ve all been wood ticks. This one just looked a little ...

Scientists at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute extends its tick study. They aim to find details about how the bloodsuckers spread disease.

The Rocky Mountain wood tick is the most common tick in Colorado that bites humans and dogs. Colorado tick fever is the most common tick-borne disease in Colorado, with symptoms similar to the flu.

For the first time, specialists in Montana have identified a blacklegged tick in the state, a species that can carry Lyme ...

But a new study finds bites from two other tick species – the blacklegged tick and Western blacklegged wood tick – can trigger the allergy, too. The eastern and southern U.S. is home to the ...