Tick bites are increasing alpha-gal meat allergy cases, especially in fragmented suburban and forested landscapes.

Often, he explains, a doctor will see the tell-tale bullseye ... true that not all ticks carry disease. Here’s what you need to know to stay safe. A black-legged ticks, or deer ticks, collect ...

The allergy is known as alpha-gal syndrome, which is also a potentially life-threatening condition. Scientists think that the ...

With the arrival of spring and summer, the Midwest is bracing for an increase in tick activity – particularly deer ticks, ...

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

People with a tick bite and potential exposure may get prophylactic postexposure antibiotics if it is noted that the tick is the deer tick, the bite occurred in a highly endemic area and the tick ...

However, ticks become more active in warmer temperatures, around 45 degrees, which is becoming the case for spring 2025. Ticks can be found in tall grass or wooded areas, Ortbahn said. A bite from ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

With the warm weather comes deer ticks. They carry not only Lyme ... you could possibly become infected only 15 minutes after a tick bites you," said Jarnefeld. Unlike other tick-borne diseases ...

Often, he explains, a doctor will see the tell-tale bullseye rash on a patient ... an allergy to red meat that you can get from the bite of a lone star tick. Davis says the county hasn’t ...