Barnstable County says new state tracking of alpha-gal syndrome diagnoses will identify trends and improve instruction to ...

Medical experts are cautioning safety around tick exposure and the potential risk of Lyme disease, as well as other rarer ...

Check your skin for ticks if you've been in wooded or grassy areas because ticks can attach and cause disease. Remove a tick as soon as you find it because the longer it stays attached, the greater ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's Tick Awareness Week, and the annoying, blood-sucking pests are infamous for spreading illnesses, most commonly Lyme disease.

Summer is the time of year best known for beaches, vacationing and hanging out with loved ones. And if your version of summer includes ample time outdoors, summer is best known for one more thing: ...

After a coroner concluded 16-year-old Australian died of a bite-induced meat allergy, we look at how to spot symptoms and preventative measures ...

A woman in Maine developed a dangerous meat allergy after a black-legged tick bite—prompting the CDC to rethink which ticks can trigger alpha-gal syndrome. A decade of cases suggests the threat is ...