New Jersey has a tick problem. The state has recorded 1,095 tick-related emergency room visits this year, according to Department of Health data. It is on pace to see the most tick-related ER ...

NEW JERSEY — An exotic tick has invaded a fifth New Jersey county and the unwelcome intruder is hardly bigger than a black poppyseed and much smaller than a dime. “If you don’t use repellant ...

The goal is to create a tick map showing the changing distribution of ticks and tick-borne pathogens in New Jersey. Participating in NJ Ticks 4 Science is a 5-step process.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With locally acquired cases of Lyme disease on the rise on Staten Island, it's more important than ever to identify a tick if you've been bitten.

New Jersey consistently has one of the country's highest rates of Lyme disease — the most common tickborne ... Tick bites at 12-year low in NJ, but prime season is May and June. How to protect ...

New Jersey is doing its best to eradicate the little blood-sucking pests in the two areas where they have been found. The first tick checked for diseases turned up negative for all.

Tick SURE includes tweezers, easy directions on how to remove a tick, safe packaging for the tick in a pre-paid, first-class envelope that is delivered to NJ Labs for full identification and testing.

Researchers at Rutgers say the soft tick species, a parasite of bats, is known to be in 29 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states, and was confirmed in New Jersey as larvae collected from big brown bats ...