I was fully covered in these hives, head to toe. Literally from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet,” said Rob Attaway, who has alpha-gal syndrome.

In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a ...

With spring underway, the likelihood of getting a tick-borne illness is elevated, according to Mayo Clinic. One that ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is a new allergic condition caused by tick bites. The symptoms can be quite severe and it can even be ...

“Flea bites often result in small, red bumps, with a ‘halo’ around the bite center,” says Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., a ...

Folk methods for removing ticks are usually bunk for one of a few reasons. Either they aim to induce the tick to detach with ...

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the charity, Lyme Disease UK, is urging the public to look out for these dangerous ...

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is urging residents to protect themselves and their loved ones from ...

Warren County residents and visitors can help track ticks this year through an online resource from Warren County Health Services. The website compiles local tick encounters and displays them on a ...

A woman with Lyme disease has been selected to join an initiative to make the outdoors accessible to those living with a ...