A crawling deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) on a pair of blue jeans. These ticks are the primary vector for Lyme disease and other germs. © MakroBetz via Shutterstock ...

(NEXSTAR) – Visits to the Emergency Room for tick bites this summer are spiking well above those of previous years, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Data (CDC) shows. CDC statistics, ...

KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — Nothing sours a lovely day spent outside quite like a nasty tick bite. The tiny bloodsuckers may be small, but one tick can transmit numerous diseases like Lyme disease or Rocky ...