West Virginia faces a new threat from the invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, which has recently been discovered in the state.

When you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park. Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most ...

Researchers have confirmed the first detection of the Asian longhorned tick in Maine. This makes Maine the 25th state in the United States where the tick has been found and the farthest northeast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oklahoma is home to several species of ticks, and last summer, the Sooner State saw a rise in Alpha-gal syndrome cases due to tick ...

Q. Are ticks a major concern in California? I moved here from the East Coast and everyone was concerned about Lyme disease. California is home to at least 48 species of ticks, and only 6 of these tend ...

Lyme disease isn't the only illness you can pick up from a tick bite. Experts also warn people could suffer from a deadly virus named Powassan. Powassan is carried by the same tick that harbors Lyme ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- Everybody loves water -- birds, bees, boaters, and even pests. We're talking about an uptick of ticks in the Bay Area. At the Fairfax Veterinary Clinic, they call this the ...