The tick-borne Lone Star virus has been conclusively identified as part of a family of other tick-borne viruses called bunyaviruses, which often cause fever, respiratory problems and bleeding, according to new research led by scientists at UC San Francisco (UCSF). What made the work especially...
Everyone knows that ticks can spread Lyme disease, but did you know that four new kinds of tick-borne illnesses have been recently identified? Scary. Apparently, tick-borne diseases are significantly more common than the general public (or even science) realizes.*Even more reason to slather on...