A child inspecting the grass with a magnifying glass. - Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images When you walk outside and take a deep breath, the scent of fresh plants and grass wakes your senses like a warm ...

Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise in the U.S., with experts pointing to climate change, growing tick populations, and improved disease tracking as contributing factors. Thomas Hart from Johns ...

Ticks and the diseases they carry are growing. Ohio has had a 35-fold increase in Lyme disease in the past 13 years. There are also potentially large impacts to our No. 1 industry in Ohio, which is ...

Above: Purdue tick researcher Chhoki Sherpa views Asian longhorned tick while working in Cate Hill lab in Whistler Hall. The more we learn about ticks, the more committed we all should be about ...

Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...

Check your skin for ticks if you've been in wooded or grassy areas because ticks can attach and cause disease. Remove a tick as soon as you find it because the longer it stays attached, the greater ...

A blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, which is a carrier of Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP Invasive plants, new housing development ...

You undoubtedly know someone who has to avoid certain foods – peanuts, eggs or chocolate, perhaps – due to an allergy. But did you know that if you get bitten by certain ticks, you could develop an ...