Given the number of diseases ticks can transmit, preventing bites is imperative. From Lyme disease to Rocky Mountain spotted ...

are the bane of those who frequent the outdoors. They can render the glory of an outing in the woods or along a stream into an ordeal of serious illness, even death. All from a pinprick and the ...

A tick capable of making its victims allergic to meat and dairy (among other items) and spreading a virus that has no known ...

As if there weren’t enough to worry about, health officials are warning about a tick that is capable of causing life-threatening allergic reactions to red meat. Pennsylvania health officials are ...

There aren’t a lot of dangerous animals where we live, but lately, it seems we are hearing more and more alarming news about ...

Just in time for tick season, new research is shining a light on how animals develop resistance to tick bites, which points toward the possibility of developing more effective vaccines against the ...

A newly emerging and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction to red meat spread by ticks is forcing some Kansans to abandon their old eating habits. Ticks are a common issue for Kansas and ...

When Clark Giles first heard about ticks making people allergic to meat, he found the notion so unbelievable, he considered it “hogwash.” Then, in 2022, it happened to him. Following a spate of tick ...

I remember the first time I heard about alpha-gal syndrome. It was more than 12 years ago, and I was out to dinner with friends, when one of them said, “Too bad I can’t order any of the steaks.” He ...