Powassan virus, a rare but fatal tick-borne illness, can cause severe brain inflammation and death within days. Experts warn ...

As outdoor activities begin to ramp up ahead of summer, Connecticut officials announced Tuesday that they confirmed the first ...

Chronic wasting disease is in Rock County.  The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirms ...

A deer at a Rock County deer farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection has confirmed that a Rock County deer farm has tested ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a ...

Montana is home to the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the American dog tick, which can also spread diseases such as Rocky ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on earth, according to WorldAtlas. In Connecticut, they spread diseases such as West Nile virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Zika virus. WorldAtlas says to ...

Two bills focused on the state's management of chronic wasting disease, both sponsored by State Senator Dale Fowler ...