A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and ...

Since the time she fell suddenly ill when she was 12 years old, Heather Farrier battled mysterious and debilitating symptoms ...

With summer in full swing, ticks and mosquitoes are out in Borderland. A record number of tick-born illnesses were reported to the Minnesota Department of Health last year. Health officials are ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Lyme disease is spread through a tick bite. Lyme disease is not contagious or ...

Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...

Hard-shelled ticks, such as the black-legged (deer) tick, look like a shrunken ... or shortness of breath. Recognizing tick ...

Its symptoms can vary depending on the stage and ... But when a blacklegged tick feeds on an infected host, the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to ...

But don't be deceived. Lyme disease starts when a black-legged tick or a deer tick bites you. If it's carrying a certain type of bacteria, you can get infected. RA happens when your immune system ...

But you should make note of the tick bite and when it happened. Then, notice if you develop a rash or any flu-like symptoms in the following weeks, he adds. It can take up to 30 days for Lyme ...

Its symptoms ... the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to humans through its bite. Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts ...

Its symptoms ... the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to humans through its bite. Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts ...