A new kit, LymeAlert, tells you in minutes whether ticks carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

The test represents the latest effort to combat Lyme, the most common tick-borne disease in the United States.

Tick this item off your summer must-buy list. Ameircans are smack dab in the throes of an apocalyptic influx of disease-harboring ticks, so checking for the bloodsuckers is crucial. Now, an innovative ...

LymeAlert will hit the market in August. The latest tool against the tick-borne illness could become a medicine cabinet ...

You just pulled a deer tick off your body — now what? For Long Islanders, who live in one of the nation’s Lyme disease hot spots, the first thought may be to rush to the doctor’s office or clinic for ...

Every year, an estimated 31 million Americans are bitten by ticks, yet consumers have had no immediate way to determine ...

Some diseases may be transmitted after a tick has been attached for 36 to 48 hours.

Researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center have developed a way to diagnose Lyme disease earlier and more accurately than traditional testing methods. Over the past 30 years, Lyme disease has ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.