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Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

On a warm spring day, disease ecologist Daniel Salkeld is hiking the hills of coastal scrub and chaparral of Marin County, north of San Francisco. It's his favorite spot to collect ticks. As he walks, ...

Ticks, and the pathogens they carry, can pose a serious risk to human health. As the weather warms and Iowans spend more time outside, the risk of tick diseases can be lowered by avoiding ticks, ...

Snowy winters actually help ticks survive. "Tick season will hit fast and hit hard," said the director of East Stroudsburg ...