Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the ...

Ick, the dreaded tick! If you're finding ticks in your home, here's how to get rid of them, plus prevent that from happening again.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: A disease that could make you allergic to meat? It’s real and being spread by an aggressive species of ticks. Consumer Reports has more on the ...

You undoubtedly know someone who has to avoid certain foods – peanuts, eggs or chocolate, perhaps – due to an allergy. But did you know that if you get bitten by certain ticks, you could develop an ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...