As potential record numbers of tiny parasites bite New Yorkers this tick season, options abound for testing the arachnids for evidence of harmful diseases. But health officials urge caution when ...

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 ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Upstate Medical University has resumed its tick-testing program, but it will now cost up to $75 to find out if a tick is carrying pathogens that can cause diseases in humans. The ...

In Western New York, deer season is over, the venison is processed and stored, deer camps are quiet, and many hunters turn ...

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 ...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Workers are busy at their stations inside the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab at East Stroudsburg University's Innovation Center, testing ticks for different illnesses. "We've seen ...