The deaths in February of legendary Hollywood actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa in their home in New Mexico have put a spotlight on hantavirus, a family of viruses that rodents can ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified certain viruses and bacteria known to be carried by ...

Females have tan scuta, but they do carry the Colorado tick fever virus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, among other illnesses. They’re most common in grasslands and shrublands and along the edges of ...

The wood tick (dog tick) is the size of an apple seed. After feeding, it can double or triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Colorado tick fever. The deer tick is ...

The type of tick most commonly known to carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has been identified in eastern Montana, according to new National Institutes of Health (NIH) research. […] ...

Deviations from normal weather patterns are putting several regions in the U.S. at risk for an uptick of disease-spreading pests, a pest-management group says.

Fry the breast and leave the coyotes the rest” or something to that effect is the advice I was given by an older ranch lady ...

John Roehrig died March 8 after a battle with ALS. During his career, he was on the front lines of the U.S. response to West Nile virus.