The right gear can help you avoid tick bites. In areas prone to ticks, wear closed-toed shoes, socks, pants, and long-sleeved ...

Experts warn there is an unusually high number of ticks this summer, but here are tips to keep you safe from tick bites and ...

Lyme disease is spread by black-legged ticks that are found across the country, including California. Here's how to spot and ...

California is home to at least 48 species of ticks, and only 6 of these tend to attach to humans. One of these, the Western blacklegged tick, transmits the organism that causes Lyme disease ...

The deer tick, responsible for transmitting Lyme disease in the Eastern U.S., is not a concern in the Western U.S. Lyme disease was first reported in California in 1989.