GRENADA, Miss. -- A Mississippi mom is urgently warning parents to be on the lookout for ticks after tick paralysis left her young daughter unable to walk. In a widely shared Facebook post, Jessica ...

Arizona researchers and health experts have been working to track a rare disease in the state, and they have a request: "Send us your ticks." In the summer of 2003, a 14-month-old boy was taken to a ...

WASHINGTON — Ticks can be active in any season and it’s important to check for and remove the bloodsuckers as quickly as possible — especially after you’ve been outside hiking, gardening or enjoying ...

Ticks are commonly found in grassy or wooded areas and can be brought into homes on pets or clothing. Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and alpha-gal ...

University of Arizona entomology professor Kathleen Walker is leading the Great Arizona Tick check, part of a project to map the distribution of ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks can carry ...