Dogs that have been outside are susceptible to ticks. Here are the top spots to check your pup for ticks when coming indoors ...

Lyme disease is not a common health condition in dogs, but it’s not rare, either. Black-legged ticks carry this illness. As soon as they hatch, they need a blood meal to survive. These eight ...

"We live in a residential neighborhood, and you can walk up the side of the street and our dogs ... for ticks to thrive." Some ticks can transmit illnesses to humans, including Lyme disease ...

Powassan encephalitis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, two serious tick-borne diseases, have been identified in Minnesota residents, state health officials said today. More commonly occurring ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Cold weather doesn’t mean ticks are gone. In the past month, nine dogs in Fulton County have tested positive for Lyme disease. The Fulton County Animal Center took in 21 dogs last month, with nine ...

Lyme disease cases in the ... where it is spread by Ixodes pacificus ticks. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by ...

The American dog tick spreads the bacteria that causes ... in an area where ticks might live. People who get Lyme disease from a tick bite can sometimes develop a red rash called erythema migrans.

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Lyme disease is the most common disease spread by blood-feeding insects, with about 30,000 cases reported to the CDC annually. Lyme disease spreads through a bite from an infected blacklegged tick ...