ZAPATA, Texas (Border Report) — At 82 years old, longtime rancher Renato Ramirez knows the South Texas borderlands. And on a recent day as he looked across the Rio Grande to Mexico he fretted. A group ...

Be careful where you walk. Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point nationwide in five years, according to the CDC's Tick Bite Data Tracker. The ...

While ticks may be a nuisance, they pose a genuine threat to the health of you and your family, as they carry and transmit a variety of pathogens, including those responsible for Lyme disease and ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With tick activity hitting alarming highs this summer, Terminix®, a Rentokil Terminix company, announced today its first-ever comprehensive ranking of the ...

As summer approaches in Central Pennsylvania, tick season is once again upon us. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cases of illness acquired from tick, ...

After a powerful storm, a young penguin is found washed up on Bondi Beach, weak and unable to stand. At the clinic, vets ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...