For many years, the most notorious tick in Pennsylvania was the Blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick, a parasite that can transmit Lyme Disease and Powassan virus. But perhaps the Asian ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial infection that you can get after a tick bite. Most people get this infection in spring and summer, warm months when ticks are most active.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning to the public Friday about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever after three out of five cases died in California this year. The epidemic of ...