A new survey shows backyards are the number one place people want to be this summer, but a rise in tick anxiety is keeping homeowners on edge.

The Asian longhorned tick was only identified in New York in 2018, but now researchers have reported it in multiple cities in ...

The Powassan virus is spread mainly by the deer tick, the same one that carries Lyme disease.

A rare bacterium that can cause a severe form of Lyme disease has been detected in New York State for the first time, prompting health officials to monitor the spread of the emerging tick-borne ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – More and more people are being bitten by ticks in Upstate New York, and those ticks are increasingly carrying multiple diseases, new data shows. And that means more serious illnesses ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation encourages everyone to enjoy all the recreational outdoor ...

Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as ...

The NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, in collaboration with Cornell Integrated Pest Management (Cornell IPM), has issued a warning to livestock producers regarding the Asian longhorned tick.

Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Wednesday. And the senior senator and minority leader said he intends to earmark it as lawmakers ...