Health officials in Hunterdon County are reminding residents to take precautions against ticks in the hot summer months. The ...

Once the tick is removed from the skin, the DEP advises washing the area with soap and water and disinfecting the bite site.

As summer temperatures rise across New Jersey, the Hunterdon County Health Department is reminding residents to protect ...

Lyme disease and tick-borne illness. Humans can be exposed to tick-borne illnesses through the feeding process, and 2,566 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the state Department of Health in 2020.

Ticks are not killed when the temperature drops below freezing, as many insects are. Instead, these arachnids, which are well adapted to New Jersey's climate, become inactive when the weather ...

Ticks in New Jersey. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Several species of ticks are found in the state, New Jersey Fish & Wildlife says.

New Jersey, Pennsylvania seeing uptick in tick-borne illnesses 03:50. GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. (CBS) -- Even though ticks are dangerous year-round, the tiny parasites are most active during the ...

Live larval bat ticks (Carios kelleyi) found on big brown bats in New Jersey. Image: J. Occi/Rutgers Center for Vector Biology As if we don’t have enough bad news to share right now, a tick ...

Asian tick that can carry and spread a host of diseases has been discovered in the U.S. Get tips on how to get rid of ticks, which carry Lyme disease. The new tick comes with some pretty scary ...

The tick has previously been found in the U.S. on large animals in quarantine, including a horse in New Jersey in the 1960s, says Andrea Egizi, the senior author of the paper, which was published ...

A tick species associated with bats was reported in New Jersey for the first time, researchers say, and humans, pets and livestock could be at risk of infection.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture said in a press release, Friday, that the Haemaphysalis longicornis, a tick native to countries like China, Korea and Japan that is also known as ...