Summer has arrived, and with it increased risk of tick exposure. Places to watch out for include wooded areas and patches with tall grass and bushes, explains Dr. Goudarz Molaei, research scientist ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

Over the past several years, we’ve all learned more about the potentially dangerous consequences of being bitten by a tick. Linked previously to infesting animals like deer and moose, those tiny ...

A student at the University of Dubuque made a surprising discovery this summer while working at the Wolter Woods and Prairies ...

Natural tick repellents such as oil of lemon eucalyptus do exist, but they are not usually as effective as DEET in keeping ticks away and tend not to last as long. Enter the donkey. The sebaceous ...

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says more Iowans are being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to ...

No one wants to worry about summer illnesses, but there are certain diseases that spread in the warm weather because of tick bites. Ladislav Kubeš / Getty Images “Ticks themselves are not particularly ...

A veterinarian in Ohio discovered that a tick found on one of her patients was an invasive species. A dog owner in Ohio brought their pet into Oxford Veterinary Hospital after the animal stepped on a ...

There’s an emerging threat to Kansas cattle and human health, but one that experts at Kansas State University are prepared to monitor, diagnose and counter, as part of the university’s mission to ...

Bit of a missed opportunity to not mention that there was a Lyme disease vaccine for humans in the late ‘90s before bad press generated by anti-vaccine advocates crowing about (proven nonexistent) ...