Prevention is better than a cure, we say in the South, and that’s never been truer than when ticks are involved. Sure, smelly sprays can hold them off, and tick keys and tweezers can help remove them, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deer ticks can carry a particularly nasty bacterial infection called Lyme disease. It starts with a fever or rash and can go on to attack your ...

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Ticks are a fact of outdoor life throughout the United States. These blood-feeding arachnids (joint-legged invertebrate animals) become active every year after the first frost. While every creature ...

With a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study indicating Lyme disease cases are on the rise, a Massachusetts company that makes a product targeting deer ticks is reminding the public ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you’re noticing an increased number of ticks outdoors, it’s not just your imagination. Along with Staten Island’s deer population comes a tick population. And along with ticks ...

As temperatures rise and climate patterns shift, the tick season starts earlier, lasts longer, and reaches places it hasn't before, including right in your backyard. But the good news is that you can ...

BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This week the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a study stating the annual number of recorded Lyme disease cases in the U.S. has grown to ...

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)—The tick tube. Local health leaders are using a new weapon to help protect you from Lyme disease. Kai Jackson explains the new fight against troublesome ticks. A new strategy ...