Excess rain has created ideal conditions for insects carrying West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, which can ...

Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more ...

This could be an especially bad year for ticks and tick-borne diseases in Michigan. Health experts offer their top tips for ...

Woodchuck ticks, or the groundhog tick, tend to bite small animals, and occasionally people, and are often found on pets near dens of skunks and woodchucks throughout Michigan. These ticks have a ...

With the weather warming, tick season has already begun in Michigan, bringing the risk of Lyme disease. Why it matters: Cases ...

Five years ago, finding a blacklegged tick in most of southern Michigan was uncommon enough to surprise a county health worker. That is no longer the case. The Michigan Department of Health and Human ...

Cities in Michigan are rethinking "No Mow May" policies due to concerns about ticks and limited benefits for pollinators. The initiative encourages residents to skip mowing in May to help bees ...

Ticks start low and crawl up, Tick Encounter at the University of Rhode Island says.

Lyme disease cases in Michigan nearly quadrupled between 2022 and 2025, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services — jumping from 553 in 2022 to 2,167 confirmed cases ...