Here’s a look at how deer ticks have spread across the U.S. since 1996. While Lyme disease is most prevalent in the ...

Sen. Michael Bennet (D., Colo.) asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to clarify whether he had said previously that Lyme disease was a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) records about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year. But researchers think the actual number of infections might be closer to 300,000 Produced ...

But when a blacklegged tick feeds on an infected host, the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to humans through its bite. Other animals, like ...

The deer tick is the only species known to transmit Borrelia mayoni and B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are a food source for blacklegged ticks, they do not transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Blacklegged ticks typically ...

But don't be deceived. Lyme disease starts when a black-legged tick or a deer tick bites you. If it's carrying a certain type of bacteria, you can get infected. RA happens when your immune system ...