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Tick Bites Leave Girl Unable to Move as Doctors Diagnose Rare ‘Tick Paralysis’

A 5-year-old Ohio girl was unable to move, leaving her parents and doctors initially baffled about the cause. Averey Mell, 5, was rushed to the hospital in Cincinnati recently because ...

August 17, 2019BY Zachary Stieber
Researchers Fear Asian ‘Clone Tick’ Which Killed US Livestock May Spread Disease to Humans

An invasive tick species typically found in parts of Asia has been linked to the death of at ...

July 16, 2019BY Isabel van Brugen
17-Year-Old Boy Dies of Heart Infection From Tick Bite

A 17-year-old New York teen died of a tick bite that he didn’t know he had, according to ...

June 25, 2019BY Jack Phillips
Veteran Dies After Contracting Rare Tick-Borne Virus in New Jersey

A marine corps veteran who died in May tested positive for a rare tick-borne illness before his death, ...

June 12, 2019BY Venus Upadhayaya
Kentucky 2-Year-Old Falls Into Coma After Tick Bite, Report Says

A 2-year-old boy reportedly slipped into a coma after catching Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which can be carried ...

June 3, 2019BY Jack Phillips
Tick Found Attached to Eardrum of 9-Year-Old Boy in Connecticut After He Reported Hearing Buzzing

A 9-year-old Connecticut boy who first reported hearing a buzzing sound was found to have a dog tick ...

May 3, 2019BY Simon Veazey
A Big Tick for Entomologists: New 3D Colour Scans of Insects

Observation is a cornerstone of science – we learn much about the universe and how it works just ...

May 31, 2014BY Beth Mantle, Chuong Nguyen, David Lovell, John La Salle and Matt Adcock