Local agencies are ramping up efforts to track, test and teach prevention, and residents are encouraged to take precautions ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Tick season is already off to a rough start, with bite-related ER visits hitting a five-year high.Finding and removing ticks early is key, as some diseases transmit ...

“If you live in Manhattan,” Diuk-Wasser said, “most likely you got it by traveling. If you live in Queens or the Bronx, you ...

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.

"The populations are out of control,” said York Emergency Management Director Nicole Pestana on the tick surge at local parks.

Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans ...

Recommendations: wash the area with soap and water, and apply cold presses and topical antihistamines in case of intense ...