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BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

Betsy Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare rodent-spread disease with a mortality rate up to 50% in the American Southwest, officials said.

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On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or ... chief of the Biology of Vector-borne Viruses Section.

"We don't see it super commonly, but it is definitely out there and worth being concerned about," said Allison Bray, with San Diego County Vector Control.

That was the same time the Washington Post ran the story “ NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific ...

The tick—Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick—is typically found ... different pathogens that infect people but are best known as the primary vector of Borrelia ...

Deadline interviews Academy Award-winning composer Hans Zimmer about his most famous collaborations and upcoming movie 'Hans ...

The alpha-gal syndrome is thought to be triggered by bites from the lone star tick. Emerging evidence suggests other ticks—found in other parts of the country—may also cause it. Most cases, scientists ...

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