Six people in California have reportedly caught a "severe ... disease after exposure to the bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii via ticks in Tecate, Mexico, near the U.S. border. While northern Mexico ...

For families impacted by wildfires, the idea of rebuilding their home can be daunting. Not only is there confusion about how ...

When people think about outdoor hazards, they picture bears, venomous snakes, or poisonous plants like poison ivy. However, one of the most dangerous threats in the forests is something much smaller — ...

California’s high school graduation rate crept upward, but so did its dropout rate, with about 1 in 10 students overall and nearly 1 in 6 African-American students in the Class of 2018 quitting school ...

Lyme disease is most frequently reported from the upper midwestern, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic states where it is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Some cases are also reported from northern ...