Ticks take multiple hours, sometimes up to two days, to transmit any diseases to their hosts. Everything we know about tick bite symptoms seems to have been watered down to a single telltale warning ...

Acting fast after a tick bite can lower your risk of developing Lyme disease. You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your ...

You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your clothes. The fresh-air high fades quickly as you remember the risks -- ticks are ...

A rare tick-borne allergy linked to red meat has now been confirmed as deadly for the first time. A healthy New Jersey man collapsed and died hours after eating beef, with later testing revealing a ...

If you spend time in nature, it's important to understand how to identify tick bites. This guide will help you understand the symptoms.

If you played outside a lot growing up or are an avid hiker, you've probably heard time and time again that you should *always* do a tick check when you come inside. But given that ticks are ...

Lewis: I am terrified of ticks. I like to go hiking in the Hudson Valley, but I always try to wear long pants or use insect repellant. And I check for ticks when I come home. Fischman: You’re really ...

Overnight, Candice Matthis began to develop severe and puzzling symptoms. She had stomach pains and a sudden drop in blood pressure. "It was terrifying," she told NBC’s Morgan Chesky. "It was very ...

A single tick bite can reprogram the immune system and trigger an allergy to red meat, scientifically known as alpha-gal ...

Lon Wilhelms got Alpha-gal syndrome from a lone star tick bite. The syndrome made her allergic to mammals and their byproducts. She starts her day with a specific coffee brand and only eats one meal a ...

Have you ever eaten steak at dinnertime and then developed hives at midnight? As tick season kicks into gear, it’s a good idea to know about a potentially life-threatening food allergy called ...

This article is a part of 12-piece series for The Times’ 2025 “Year in Review. It was the New York Times that said this ...