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Long Star ticks are generally found in the West, but they've recently made the jump to the East Coast, too. (NIAID/) This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Our love of the outdoors can bring ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A recent study conducted by biologists who manage the Department of Defense Military Tick Identification/Infection Confirmation Kit, or MilTICK, program, found that ...

Every spring in Michigan, as ticks wake up from their winter dormancy around the same time many humans seem to wake up from theirs, public health experts remind people to brush up on the basics of ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Longer days, sunshine and spring flowers are a welcome sight for most people, but what may not be as welcome is the beginning of tick season. May is Lyme Disease ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Temperatures remain spring-like and warm in South Dakota- but if you’re heading outside, then beware of ticks. The South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) says they’ve ...

Here’s when you need to call a healthcare provider -- and when you don’t. This is a MedPage Today story. While tickborne diseases have been on the rise across the U.S., outdoor enthusiasts can take ...

There are ticks in the Carolinas all year, but they really come out when the weather starts to warm in April, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ticks are found across North ...