Because they carry diseases and are incapable of being squished, ticks can be very dangerous. How many are where you live? Terminix, a major pest control company, ranked the most and least ...

Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point nationwide in five years, according to the CDC's Tick Bite Data Tracker. The ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

Ticks! They’re summer’s most unwelcome guests and are lurking everywhere: on golf courses and hiking trails, in backyard gardens and even in city parks. And this year appears to be especially bad: ...

Scientists call for increased vigilance. Researchers raise alarm after discovering new type of bacteria killing dogs in US: ...

Janine Hauck doesn’t know which tick gave her anaplasmosis and Lyme disease. She just remembers the fatigue, weakness and ...

Summer is a great time to enjoy outdoor activities, but it’s also in the middle of tick season, which can pose a danger to your health. Keystone Infectious Disease’s Medical Director, Dr. Raghavendra ...

Ticks such as these from Maine are now more common than ever, causing a surge in cases of Lyme Disease, which remains hard to treat and almost impossible to cure. Getty Images A decade ago — long ...

As summer approaches in Central Pennsylvania, tick season is once again upon us. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cases of illness acquired from tick, ...

A Michigan Tech student researcher, empathetic to the suffering of tick-infested moose — and with a personal ick for ticks — is working to bring the animals relief. Grace Moeggenborg, an applied ...