Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.

Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases – those transmitted by living ...

Summer is here, and that means tick frenzy is, too. Why it matters: Ticks, which are most active in warmer seasons, transmit ...

There is a little-known disease spreading through the Mid-Atlantic from deer ticks. It is a parasite that attacks a person’s ...