Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-induced allergy to meat and dairy. The post ...

A mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that health officials said is under investigation for having a rare ...

A Boston baby is hospitalized with seizures and brain damage after a tick bite on Martha's Vineyard may have led to Powassan ...

A baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life after contracting a suspected case of the tick-borne ...

A Massachusetts mother has identified her newborn daughter as the possible case of Powassan virus that is under investigation ...

While rare, the rate of the Powassan virus is increasing and can cause severe disease, including inflammation of the brain ...

Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...

Public health officials are investigating whether a newborn girl on Martha’s Vineyard contracted the serious but rare ...

Massachusetts is home to three tick species that pose “particular concern to human health,” Brown said. That includes blacklegged ticks, which are also known as deer ticks, and American dog ticks.

Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent tick-borne diseases in New Jersey and nationwide. New Jersey had the fourth-highest ...

Tiffany Sisco said her daughter, Lilly, had seizures because of the suspected virus and is receiving intensive care.