There's a noticeable uptick in ticks not just in Maryland, but around the country. The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are seeing higher ...

As your dog goes on a joyful run through the woods or a park, its body is the perfect height to pick up a hungry tick, which can make your pet sick or give the tick a free ride home.

With warmer weather and more sunshine comes more outdoor activities like hiking, trail running, camping, and family picnics. However, the biggest downside of this season is the ticks; this year’s tick ...

Shyloh Favreau is known as the tick person among his friends. And in the last couple of weeks, the calls have started coming in. “It can be a really stressful moment when you realize you've been ...

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Jamie L. Cantoni, agricultural research technician and field technician for the active tick surveillance program, holds a tube filled with freshly caught ticks to be tested in Old Lyme, Connecticut on ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — As the weather starts warming up, some experts have turned their attention toward the emergence of ticks. Pest control experts have already begun their services to get ahead of ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — There is an increasing number of blacklegged ticks with a higher-than-average infection rate of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, according to the ...

NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut scientists warned of increased tick activity. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, or CAES, issued the warning on Monday. It said that there have been ...

Beginning in March 2026, social media users shared a rumor originating from a person identifying herself as a holistic doctor named Sarah Outlaw, whose posts claimed "farmers are reporting boxes of ...

Here’s a little nightmare fuel for people living near forests or other wooded areas. Scientists have just found evidence that some bloodsucking ticks can potentially make themselves cozy inside our ...