University of Rhode Island professor Thomas Mather said that tick sightings have increased in the last two weeks. Mather said it’s currently too early yet to tell how bad tick season will be.

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun. Nationwide, ticks can be active year-round as long as the temperature ...

Ravens coach John Harbaugh recently said an extension for running back Derrick Henry is “definitely in the conversation.” At some point, it needs to be more than a conversation. Henry, who has earned ...

It takes 48 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease to a human. Ticks can be found in moist environments like tall grasses and leaf litter. St. Joseph County has documented more cases of Lyme ...

Phaeochromocytomas are rare tumours that start in the inner part of the adrenal gland. This is also called the medulla. They are a type of neuroendocrine tumour. They can happen at any age, but the ...

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Future Microbiol. 2012;7(6):719-731. 1 Department of Entomology & Center for Disease Vector Research, 900 University Avenue, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA 2 ...