Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify ...

but the less time a tick is attached, the smaller the risk of transmission of an infection," Dr. Beth Oller tells USA TODAY. "So it's important to check your skin and the skin of your children ...

We’re approaching that time of year again where families stock up on bug spray and any form of tick repellent that can be ...

It took about 30 seconds of dragging a sheet of flannel over the brush before Shannon McSorley found a tick in Scarborough’s Morningside Park. “You can see he’s moving,” the Toronto Public Health ...