Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, emergency room visits for tick bites have increased dramatically, corresponding with a new threat: a rise in Alpha-gal ...

In 1975, a movie filmed in Martha's Vineyard made people afraid to go into the water. Today, a real animal in Martha's Vineyard is making people afraid to go outside. "It's gotten to the point now ...

On Wednesday, a congressional advisory committee sounded the alarm on Lyme and other emerging tick-related illnesses saying they have become "a serious and growing threat to public health." The ...

Lab analyst Diana Wendelin gently adjusts a slide under a microscope. An enlarged image of a tick comes into focus on her computer screen. “So, the first thing I'm looking at is called the scutum.