A student at the University of Dubuque is being credited with finding two rare types of ticks, one that’s never been confirmed in Iowa before. Senior biology major Paige Manning found both a Lone Star ...

A tick latches onto University of Dubuque biology student Paige Manning. Video above: Council Bluffs man shares struggles with chronic Lyme disease Sign up for our Newsletters It’s not an uncommon ...

It's fairly common for members of the public to ask bug experts if ticks that hitchhike into a house on people or dogs can actually survive indoors for any length of time. A new study provides the ...

Warm weather means more time outdoors, but health officials are warning central Illinois residents to keep an eye out for ...

With spring weather comes spring bugs, like fleas and ticks. Get them out of your way with one of these top tick removal kits ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

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 ...

Experts from the University and various public health departments are actively increasing focus on tick populations in Illinois as surveillance and reporting technologies make tick reports easier and ...