tick-transmitted disease

Static electricity might help ticks zoom through the air to grab onto people and animals. A study found that the static charges we pick up from the environment may be giving the parasites a boost to their next meal.

Blacklegged ticks, the arachnids that carry Lyme disease, are out and about. Here's how to stay safe.

Lyme Disease isn't the only tick-driven illness that residents of the northeast should worry about. The CDC says cases of Babesiosis, which can cause flu-like symptoms, are on the rise in 8 states.

Lyme disease has been called the great imitator because its symptoms can look like anything from multiple sclerosis and lupus to Alzheimer’s disease or...