Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

No treatment is available Powassan virus and about 10% of victims with severe cases die, while half of survivors have ...

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

A recent study shows that two additional tick species can transmit the red meat allergy alpha-gal syndrome. Which species can ...

Two emerging tick species, including one that is known to cause a red meat allergy, are on the rise in Connecticut. Researchers at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station recently released ...

(WTNH) — Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says blacklegged ticks- also known as deer ticks- were the most common.

hard tick relapsing fever and Powassan virus. The vast majority of the ticks collected were blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, which can spread Lyme disease, followed by longhorned ticks ...

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick. Symptoms of Powassan include seizures, paralysis ...

Blacklegged tick also known as the deer tick Blacklegged ticks ... as well as anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus disease. They are found across the eastern U.S. and throughout Alabama.