MSU researcher Jean Tsao contributed to the creation of The Tick App. Picture this. You’re walking through the woods when you brush up against some tall grass, or maybe you wandered off trail ...

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What would you do if you found a tick bite? A proposed grant program would help states establish a tick identification program, allowing a person to take a picture of the tick, send it to a biologist ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you have ever been bitten by a tick, you may have worried it could transmit a disease like Lyme disease or Powassan virus. Some species are more likely to transmit disease -- ...

WASHINGTON -- As the summer season swings in to full gear, Army public health officials want to ensure that Department of Defense personnel are aware of a free service to help combat the threat of ...

The Military Tick Identification/Infection Confirmation Kit program has expanded, and the Defense Health Agency-Public Health vector-borne disease team is now conducting additional off-season ...

Ever since I plucked a blood plump dog tick from my Golden Retriever/Irish Setter mix Jasper back in the late 80s, I’ve hated ticks with a passion and fought this scourge. Ever vigilant of the tick ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Clinic, along with its Research Institute and the National Farm Medicine Center, want to make it easy for Wisconsin residents to identify and address the issues ticks ...

Tick-borne illnesses can cause severe complications that can result in hospitalization. The risk of tick-borne illness should be on the public’s radar as the weather continues to warm, a physician ...

Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years. The ticks “were identified on human travelers returning to Connecticut from 2019 to 2023,” according to the Connecticut ...

It’s an unfortunate reality each spring that just as outdoor activities pick up for humans, tick activity picks up, too. In an effort to reduce the spread of tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, ...

As tick populations and reports of tick-borne illness have spread across Michigan in recent years, public health officials have urged people to follow tick-bite prevention measures, such as performing ...