Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

More than 89,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the CDC in 2023, but the agency says many more cases aren't reported.

Peak tick season is approaching across the U.S and researchers are expecting this summer to be particularly brutal. But, is ...

A UMass study found that rabbit ticks, which don't typically bite humans, can be carriers for a bacteria similar to the ...

Mosquito bites are distressingly familiar, but what about all those other mysterious, red, itchy spots that show up in summer ...