If you see a tick on your skin, don't scratch or pick at it ... Lyme disease spreads through the bite of an infected black-legged or deer tick. It is not contagious through human contact. No cases of ...

The ticks also transmit other infections that cause disease in humans, dogs, and cats, including: The typical American dog ...

With summer in full swing, ticks and mosquitoes are out in Borderland. A record number of tick-born illnesses were reported to the Minnesota Department of Health last year. Health officials are ...

the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to humans through its bite. Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are ...