Scientists are warning of a new tick-borne disease called Wetland virus (WELV) that was recently discovered in China. A member of the orthonairovirus genus of viruses, WELV previously infected a man ...

Scientists are warning of a new virus discovered in China that spreads to humans through tick bites, with the potential to cause problems in the brain. Wetland virus (WELV) was initially detected in a ...

Heartland virus disease is a relatively new tick-borne illness that was discovered in 2009. The virus is spread by the lone star tick in the American South and Midwest. Little is known about this ...

As tick season continues to pick up steam across the U.S., a Maine resident has been diagnosed with a potentially serious tick-borne illness. The adult, who lives in Hancock County, was hospitalized ...

Health officials in Massachusetts are investigating. A Massachusetts mom says her infant daughter may be the patient that state health officials recently said is under investigation for contracting a ...

A newborn baby from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts is fighting for her life at a Boston hospital after preliminary tests show she contracted Powassan virus, a rare but serious tick-borne disease ...

DULUTH — Reports of Powassan virus, a potentially fatal tick-borne illness that can have permanent neurological effects, are increasing across the country, including in Minnesota, which had 14 ...

Ticks can spread Lyme disease and give people red meat allergies, and now there’s increasing worry in Minnesota about another ailment spread by the blood-sucking pests: the Powassan virus. While the ...

BAYFIELD COUNTY — A person in northern Wisconsin has died after contracting a tick-borne virus. The Bayfield County Health Department said the patient died from the Powassan virus in early June. The ...

Ixodes sp. Hypostome and Palps. The hypostome of the tick is used to anchor itself into the skin of the host while feeding on blood. This barbed structure is covered in backwards-facing “teeth” to ...

Heartland virus is circulating in ticks in Georgia, according to new research. People can get the Heartland virus after being bitten by an infected tick. There is no vaccine to prevent the Heartland ...

This is a tick on a plant in China. Scientists are warning of a new virus discovered in China that spreads to humans through tick bites, with the potential to cause problems in the brain. zhang ...