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 ...

2025 is setting up to be a year where we can see ticks being a significant concern to humans and livestock. Although there are five tick species that can transmit disease in Ohio, the Asian Longhorn ...

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 ...

In Western New York, deer season is over, the venison is processed and stored, deer camps are quiet, and many hunters turn ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lyme disease is currently the fastest growing vector-borne disease in the US, according to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Though most common in the Northeast and Upper Midwest, Lyme ...

SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - The Southern 7 Health Department reported two ticks tested positive for the Enrlichiosis virus. Over the past several months, the department has been monitoring ticks in the ...

To protect yourself against ticks, which can spread Lyme disease and other nasty illnesses, experts recommend that you take some basic precautions while tromping through the woods or playing in your ...