Ticks are back in season, and Ohio has more of them than ever before. While these blood-sucking insects don't deliver painful bites, they can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, viruses, and other ...

Spring has officially sprung in central Ohio, which means outdoor activities will soon start ramping up. Unfortunately, outside is where ticks lie in wait. The little arachnids crawl to the top of ...

Tick-borne diseases, like Lyme disease, are rapidly rising in Ohio as the parasite spreads to more places across the state. Last month, health officials across Appalachian Ohio gathered for the region ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A parasite that can transmit Lyme disease to humans and pets is currently in the midst of its most active season in Ohio. Ticks, parasites that feed on the blood of humans and ...

Farmers are really ticked off by these vermin. The Asian longhorned tick is feasting on livestock like cattle and deer, killing them in shocking numbers as these insects invade the United States — the ...

Two-thirds of Ohio counties, including Cuyahoga County, have found this type of tick, which transmits Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus disease. There have been 104 reported ...

Ohio is reopening and people are getting out again, just in time for tick season to bring everyone back inside. According to the annual bi-annual Big Barometer forecast by Pestworld.org, the Ohio ...

They're tiny and brown, and they're crawling their way across Ohio. The Asian longhorned tick (ALHT) is an exotic species first reported on U.S. soil in 2017 and has since been found in at least 17 ...

An Asian longhorned tick under a microscope. The invasive species spreading across Ohio and other parts of the U.S. can be deadly to livestock. They're tiny and brown, and they're crawling their way ...

Ohio gained about 26,238 new residents in 2023, which was the state’s first population increase in three years, according to new Census data. But Ohio’s rate of population growth trailed a majority of ...