Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to announce he has been battling the 'relentlessly debilitating' disease, which can cause severe symptoms that can persist for years.

We have several ticks in Nova Scotia and black-legged ticks are the only ones that carry Lyme disease. If you're bitten by a tick, it doesn't mean you will get Lyme disease.

Tucking your pants into your socks, using insect repellent like DEET or Icaridin, and thoroughly checking your body for ticks ...

The deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is one of the smallest ticks found in forests, shrubs, or tall meadows in the United States.

The number of black-legged ticks, a species known to carry Lyme disease, is increasing in Saskatchewan. Thanks to warmer winters, tick season is no longer limited to spring.

Or even in your own back yard. A report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows, a tick bite can trigger diverse and deadly consequences. One case involved a 37-year-old man complaining of ...

The black-legged tick, also known as the deer tick, is the parasite that transmits Lyme disease and is common in the Northeast.© Provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

They have better protection against ticks, including the Black-legged tick. So very few humans are bitten by Black-legged ticks in Georgia.” How to prevent tick bites ...

Black-legged ticks and American dog ticks are widely distributed across the whole state, with residents slightly more likely to encounter the two species in northern New Castle County.