The Buckeye Tick Testing Laboratory at Ohio State University is up and running and now ready to accept samples. The tick population, the number of tick species, and the associated tick-borne diseases ...

2025 is setting up to be a year where we can see ticks being a significant concern to humans and livestock. Although there are five tick species that can transmit disease in Ohio, the Asian Longhorn ...

Lyme disease can become seriously debilitating if it isn’t treated early on. But if you are bitten by a tick, it can be tough to know if you’ve actually contracted Lyme. Not every tick carries it, and ...

Exactics, a biotech startup, is developing multiple at-home tests for infectious diseases, starting with a rapid test that will allow users to determine if a tick carries the pathogen that causes Lyme ...

A new blood test called the Tick-Borne Disease Serochip (TBD Serochip) promises to revolutionize the diagnosis of tick-borne disease by offering a single test to identify and distinguish between ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department (HCS) released their 2024 test results for blacklegged ticks, submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

An Asian long-horned tick under a microscope. The invasive species spreading across Ohio and other parts of the U.S. can be deadly to livestock. A new tick testing laboratory service at Ohio State ...

Tick-borne illnesses present a serious health threat that also can jeopardize operational readiness. In the United States, the threat is especially strong in late spring and summer. Aberdeen Proving ...

(WHTM) — Ticks are one of the most common bugs that affect animals and humans alike during the spring and summer months. Some people don’t even realize they have a tick on them until it is too late ...