The best plan for thwarting ticks is to adopt the “dork look” by tucking your shirt into your pants and pulling your socks up ...

While ticks can be active year-round, spring marks the start of peak tick season, when they’re most prevalent.

Until recently, scientists thought only the lone star tick could spread the disease. But a new study finds bites from two ...

An Indian restaurant has been given a "very good" food hygiene rating. Masala Bites in Corporation Road, Newport, was given a hygiene rating of five out of five by the Food Standards Agency after ...

What ticks to look out for: Watch out for the lone star tick The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick. This type ...

This condition is most often caused by a tick bite, which transmits a sugar molecule called alpha-gal into the person's body. In some people, this triggers an immune system reaction that later ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted through the bite of an infected deer tick. More than 400,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. Symptoms of ...

CAUSE OF DEATH. TURNING NOW TO TICK BITES IN MASSACHUSETTS, EXPERTS SAY A SPRING SURGE IS NOW UNDERWAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT WITH DOCTOR SIMONE WILDES, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT SOUTH ...

Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS), also known as red meat allergy or tick bite allergy, is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by a tick bite. An individual with AGS reacts to red meat products or ...

Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States. This tick can spread a number of pathogens including anaplasmosis, Lyme disease, borrelia ...