OROVILLE — The hills are green and the black-legged ticks are out in droves, though whether or not Lyme disease is prevalent ...

Izzy Romero is your community news reporter covering northern San Luis Obispo County, including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero, and Santa Margarita. As the weather starts to warm up on ...

Ticks are a particularly unpleasant garden pest. Not only do they look pretty vile, these blood-sucking parasites can also carry all sorts of bacteria and viruses, including Lyme disease, which causes ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — The Hancock County Health Department’s Vector Control Program is reminding local residents to take precautions to prevent insect bites this summer season. A vector is an animal, ...

Summer means warmer weather, more family outings and the possibility of an encounter with a creepy crawly, also known as a tick. Tick season is year round in Georgia, experts say. However ticks are ...

MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Tick numbers are on the rise across New England this spring, raising the prospect of an increase in Lyme and other diseases associated with the blood suckers later this year.