michigan ticks

Tick season is underway in Michigan, and the tiny blacklegged tick is expanding into more counties with Lyme disease risk.

That old Michigan hack of burning a tick off? Don’t. Heat stresses ticks, causing them to vomit germs into your body. Experts say tweezers are the only safe method.

An invasive tick known to spread deadly diseases—including viruses that cause brain swelling—has been confirmed in Michigan for the first time.

See where Michigan ranks for risk for deadly tick-borne illnesses and read what diseases these little blood suckers carry, and what state is most at risk.

Learn how to safely remove ticks to protect yourself from diseases in Michigan.

This year's shaping up to be one of the worst in memory for the potential spread of Lyme Disease in Michigan. Here are the worst places for it in the state, and what's to blame.

More than 3000 Michiganders have contracted Lyme Disease since 2000, and stats show you're more likely to get the tick-borne illness in certain counties.

The Tick App shares information on activity in your area, prevention, removal of ticks and more!

Here's how to protect yourself from ticks.

First we're told to worry about thousands of cicadas emerging after a long slumber and now a 'tick explosion?'