Scientists at the Medical University of Vienna have advanced understanding of the mechanism of infection behind Lyme ...

Twenty-one blacklegged ticks were submitted to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit between the end of September and the end ...

Ally Hilfiger, daughter of fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger, endured years of unexplained ailments before discovering Lyme disease was the cause. Bitten by a tick at age 7, she wasn’t diagnosed until ...

Ticks are some of Earth’s most effective disease vectors. They can connect humans and domestic animals to diseases that ...

Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them ...

LYME DISEASE is a dangerous and alarmingly common phenomenon infecting nearly half a million Americans each year. Infections ...

Oct. 23, 2024 — Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in Europe. Up to 70,000 new cases are estimated each year in Austria alone. The bacterial infection can cause ...

Ticks have proven their efficiency as disease vectors time and again. They act as connecting bridges, enabling diseases from ...

Ticks have always traveled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive ...

A peaceful walk with her dog led to Sandra Issa acquiring a tick bite — and, ultimately, to her having to stay away from red ...

Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...