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

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

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 ...

Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, mainly in Triad counties. What hunters and farmers need to know about the fatal "zombie deer" disease: ...

Ten deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease during the 2024-25 hunting season, mainly in Triad counties. What ...

CONCORD, N.H. ( ABC22/FOX44) – New Hampshire biologists are asking hunters for help keeping a deadly deer prion disease out ...