Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

but it is pretty common,” Salzer said, referring to the itchy, inflamed bites. “But there is a subset of people with alpha-gal syndrome who do not recall being bitten by ticks,” she said.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.

The two most important measles complications to know about are pneumonia, affecting the lungs, and brain swelling known as encephalitis, Dr. Tony Moody, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Duke ...

The answer is an obvious yes. Which means, with or without Congress, and with or without Trump, individual U.S. cities and states and the rest of world must move forward and move faster in their ...

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There are three common disease-spreading species of ticks found in New York: black-legged ticks, American dog ticks and Lone Star ticks. “They’re all common once basically March starts and ...