A few years ago, I went hiking through a scenic forested area of Virginia, hoping for a few screen-free moments of ...

About six years ago when Larry Schubert heard a tick bite can cause a red meat allergy, he didn’t believe it. “There’s no way,” he said. Then, four years ago, he got a bite from a lone star tick while ...

A female lone star tick can be identified by the white spot or "lone star" that is visible on her back. Ten years ago, the ratio of black legged ticks to lone star ticks was 50 to one.

Ticks are a common risk for Pennsylvania outdoorsmen. Statistically, the Keystone State is one of the highest-risk states when it comes to both ticks and Lyme disease. However, as if that were not ...

Texas is ranked third in the country for states with the worst ticks, according to a new ranking from Terminix. Ticks are the most active during spring and summer months. As people spend more time ...

Lone star ticks gained their name from the white spot on the back of adult females. They are one of the first tick species to emerge in the spring, followed by black-legged ticks in late May and June.

And 90 percent of them have a history of tick bites, he said. "It's hard to prove," he said of the link between lone star ticks and meat allergies. "We're still searching for the mechanism." ...

By Heather Norman-Burgdolf University of Kentucky Ticks are bad news in general, but the lone star tick brings an extra ...

It’s tick season, and University of Missouri researcher Roman Ganta is fighting back. As summer heat fuels the rise of lone ...

Late July and August is the peak time for hatches of lone star tick larvae. Lone star ticks are three-stage varmints. They ...

In addition to the alpha-gal syndrome, lone star ticks can spread other diseases such as southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), ehrlichiosis, heartland virus disease and tularemia.

There’s no cure for alpha-Gal, so preventing tick bites is key. The lone star tick is common in both North and South Carolina. It has a noticeable white spot, or ‘lone star’, on its back.