Fleas and Ticks: How to Tell Them Apart
People often confuse fleas and ticks due to their small size and tendency to bite people and their pets. While these tiny, wingless parasites share these few similarities, they have…
The Spread of the Tick that Causes a Meat Allergy
Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) has been called many things, including alpha-gal allergy, red meat allergy or tick bite meat allergy. For all of its names, however, it can induce life-threatening allergic…
Everything You Need to Know About Ticks and Powassan Virus
Ticks spread a range of serious diseases but only to certain people. The Powassan virus is just one of many diseases that come from infected tick bites. Most cases in…