Most people may think ticks are restricted to woodlands or overgrown spaces. However, ticks can enter backyards attached to ...

Scientists are developing the first-ever pill to prevent Lyme disease, potentially protecting millions from tick-borne ...

The short answer is yes — rubbing alcohol can kill ticks, but only after they've been removed from your skin. Emma Grace Crumbley, an entomologist at Mosquito Squad, explains that rubbing ...

Native blacklegged ticks are questing again; in fact, they began their search for fresh hosts in the islands nearly a month ...

“By killing ticks feeding on mice, those ticks will not have a chance to pass on infection, so we hope to see a reduction in ticks in the environment being infected with tick-borne pathogens.

You can tumble dry clothes in a dryer on high heat for 10 minutes to kill any ticks that may be hiding on dry clothing. If the clothes have to be washed first the CDC recommends using hot water as ...

Its active ingredients, fipronil and S-methoprene, work together to kill parasites and break the flea life cycle. Fipronil kills adult fleas and ticks, while S-methoprene prevents flea eggs ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...