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 ...

Lyme disease can become seriously debilitating if it isn’t treated early on. But if you are bitten by a tick, it can be tough to know if you’ve actually contracted Lyme. Not every tick carries it, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tick-borne illnesses present a serious health threat that also can jeopardize operational readiness. In the United States, the threat is especially strong in late spring and summer. Aberdeen Proving ...

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 ...

When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective ...