Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.

Symptoms of Lyme can include headaches, fatigue and joint pain, making a diagnosis difficult. While not common in Georgia, the disease can make people very sick. A new vaccine hopes to prevent it.   

Blacklegged ticks, the arachnids that carry Lyme disease, are out and about for more of the year thanks to warming temperatures across much of the country. Here's how to stay safe.

There isn't currently a Lyme disease vaccine on the U.S. market. Researchers are hoping to change that.

With more ticks carrying disease than ever, here's what you need to know about which ticks to watch out for and what to do if you get bitten.

The blood-sucking critters are capable of thriving along the West Coast, according to new research, though experts don't exactly know how they're picking up the bacterium that causes the illness.