Syracuse, N.Y. -- Upstate Medical University has resumed its tick-testing program, but it will now cost up to $75 to find out if a tick is carrying pathogens that can cause diseases in humans. The ...

Summer is a great time to enjoy outdoor activities, but it’s also in the middle of tick season, which can pose a danger to your health. Keystone Infectious Disease’s Medical Director, Dr. Raghavendra ...

An Asian long-horned tick under a microscope. The invasive species spreading across Ohio and other parts of the U.S. can be deadly to livestock. A new tick testing laboratory service at Ohio State ...

Deer ticks are the primary vector of tick-borne diseases in North America, yet no anti-tick vaccine exists to prevent tick bites and transmission of disease. Amid this unmet need, researchers at the ...

Have you been bitten by a tick, or think you might have been exposed? If so, the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab wants to hear from you. The lab can test your tick for a range of tick-borne diseases, ...

The Buckeye Tick Testing Laboratory at Ohio State University is up and running and now ready to accept samples. The tick population, the number of tick species, and the associated tick-borne diseases ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department (HCS) released their 2024 test results for blacklegged ticks, submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Ticks are spreading outside their comfort zone – and into ours, according to experts. As cooler regions experience milder winters, those areas are becoming more hospitable to many tick species, Ben ...

Exactics, a biotech startup, is developing multiple at-home tests for infectious diseases, starting with a rapid test that will allow users to determine if a tick carries the pathogen that causes Lyme ...

Haemaphysalis longicornis, the Asian longhorned tick, has been documented in 24 Ohio counties. The USDA has confirmed a tick removed from a dog in Butler County is of the invasive Asian longhorned ...