Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the ...

A research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and ...

You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

"Even just on the side of the road, there's plenty of habitat for ticks to thrive." Some ticks can transmit illnesses to humans, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and even Powassan ...

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

(The Center Square) – The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a Georgia deer has state officials on alert, but they say the deer hunting industry will continue to thrive in the state.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the state's first case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer. The fatal neurological illness, often called “zombie deer ...

Georgia is the 36th state to have a deer test positive for a disease that is not known to be transmittable to humans, but the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends ...

A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, the state Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old male white-tailed ...