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Ticks are part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, spiders, and scorpions. A tick attaches itself to the skin of a person or animal and sucks blood. The two types of ticks that many people talk about are the deer tick and the dog tick.
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JUN 21, 2017
Videos
Ticks and summer seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly. But it's a combination that could leave behind diseas
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2017
Videos
You might not have analyzed how the position in which you sit or stand speaks to your personality, but there are some ge
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2017
Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 23, 2017
Videos
As Spring rounds the corner we all start to get antsy to get outside again. But lurking in that fresh foliage are ticks
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 28, 2017
Cancer
Normal cells abide by strict biological schedules – that is, they grow, divide, and die at regular intervals accor
...
FEB 11, 2017
Videos
The American Society for Microbiology held a meeting on Emerging Diseases Research. This video features two speakers, Re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking has long had the attitude of a doomsayer, suggesting that humans will inevitably cause their own demise
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2016
Videos
Symbiotic relationships are interactions between species that can benefit either both or one of the species. There are t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2016
Microbiology
Here’s a question. Is Lyme disease more common nowadays? Lyme disease used to be a disease specific to the
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 02, 2016
Microbiology
Chances are you’ve heard of Lyme disease, but do you really know what causes it? Lyme disease is caused by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers have learned more about how Lyme disease invades the body, and will publish their findings September 6 in Ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that in bacterial evolution, mutations are transmitted to future generations in a predictab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2016
Videos
Old standbys for tick removal include household products like matches, nail polish remover and petroleum jelly. But what
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2016
Videos
This time of year, ticks become more prevalent and active as weather becomes milder, and exposure risk for humans also i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Microbiology
Austrian researchers discovered a new strain of bacteria in foxes. It is closely related to Candidatus Neoehrlichi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 07, 2015
Microbiology
This year’s El Nino could bring a surge in Dengue fever cases. Researchers at the University of Florida, led
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
On the last Sunday of the summer season, on a warm beach on Cape Cod, swimmers and beachcombers made the most of the tin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that around 10% of people infected with Rocky Mountain Spot
...
Written By:
Kara Marker