Ellen Stromdahl was at a garden party in coastal Virginia in June 2023 when her friend Albert Duncan stood up from where he was sitting and abruptly fainted. Duncan is an outdoorsman in his mid-80s — ...

This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center through a collaboration between NPR’s Radio IQ and Climate Central, a nonadvocacy science and news group. Southwest Virginia is a hotspot ...

Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Babesiosis and Alpha-gal. Use insect repellent, tuck pants into socks, and check clothing and body for ticks after being ...

Don't let a tick ruin your final summer holiday! The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is sharing tips on how to stay tick-free and healthy while enjoying the outdoors this Labor Day weekend.

VIRGINIA, USA — A new study says cases of a tick-borne disease are increasing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, including in Virginia. The CDC says babesiosis is a disease that infects ...

As Virginians head outdoors during warmer weather, an emergency medicine physician with Virginia Tech is spreading awareness ...

As heat in the summer rises, people start to ramp up outdoor activities — making them prone to tick bites. During this season, some ticks are in their most dangerous life stage, and they are able to ...

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is about 5 mm in length or less, light reddish-brown with a central white spot on the back of most of the adults. The brown tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) is ...