ticks
Escaped tick carrying killer disease sparks panic at news event
A blood-sucking tick has sparked panic after it vanished at a news conference aimed at warning of the deadly disease it carries. Officials from the Miyazaki Prefectural Government brought the...
Woman dies of tick-borne illness — but was never bitten
A woman died of a tick-borne illness, even though she wasn’t bitten by a blood-sucking parasite. She was infected because of a cat bite, health officials say. The death of...
Stevia is the best treatment for Lyme disease, researchers say
Stevia, a common coffee sweetener, could be a possible cure for Lyme disease after tests conducted by a Connecticut professor and her students showed it was most effective in treating...
Man dies after contracting dangerous tick-borne illness
ST. LOUIS — Relatives of a 58-year-old Missouri park worker who died of complications from the tick-borne Bourbon virus want to warn the public about the illness. The St. Louis...
Pay attention to the ingredients in your bug spray
Before taking that deliberate walk in the woods, you should ponder the ingredients in your bug spray, says Consumer Reports. In a report released in time for the 4th of...
Birds found a healthy use for cigarettes
Urban house finches have turned one of our worst habits into their own personal form of bug spray. Specifically, these birds pack their nests full of cigarette butts to ward...
Why you should really be scared of ticks this summer
Alison Schrag is not normally one to panic, but when she found a tick on her 6-year-old son last month at their vacation home upstate, her mom instincts kicked in....
One bite from this tick could turn you into a vegetarian
While getting bitten by a tick is never a good thing, a bite from a lone star tick comes with a unique set of consequences. Victims can end up developing...
How to save yourself from the upcoming tick apocalypse
This year is predicted to be a particularly bad one for ticks and tick-borne diseases, whether you’re vacationing upstate or just going for a walk in Central Park. And June...
Why parents are sending their kids to school with bug spray
Notebook, pencils, homework — and bug spray. Staten Island parents worried about Lyme disease and a rare but deadly new virus are adding insect repellent to the daily knapsack list...
We're on the brink of an epic Lyme disease outbreak
A bumper crop of acorns could be putting the US on the brink of an unprecedented outbreak of Lyme disease, experts warn. An estimated 300,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme...
Ticks carrying Lyme disease in almost half of US counties
Ticks that can spread Lyme disease now live in almost half of US counties, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Varieties of the...
Study shows big uptick in city Lyme disease cases
New Yorkers have reason to be ticked off. Cases of Lyme disease have jumped nearly 12 percent in 2014 compared with the year before — up a staggering 138 percent...
Tick spreading red-meat allergy through bites
This tick’s bite could become the Hamptons’ hottest new health craze. The tiny terror — known as the Lone Star tick — causes the humans it nips to turn vegetarian...
Lyme teen’s kin ticked off
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The parents of a New York girl are suing a Connecticut summer camp for $41.7 million, accusing the camp of failing to monitor and protect their...