Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport’s beloved shoreline getaway, is closed through the 2025 summer season after city officials ...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium responsible for human monocytic ehrlichiosis, a potentially severe tick-borne disease. As a pathogen that exclusively replicates within ...

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A tick that's rapidly spreading through Pennsylvania and elsewhere was found to carry a potentially dangerous bacterium.

An invasive species of tick, which can be found in New York—including on Staten Island—has recently been identified by scientists in another state as the carrier of a dangerous bacterium.

While Lyme disease gets the most attention – and affects the most people – there are other tick-borne bacteria and diseases that have also been found spreading in the U.S.

Connecticut officials confirmed May 27 the first U.S. case of a longhorned tick carrying Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a bacteria that can cause a potentially deadly disease in people: human monocytic ...

Connecticut officials confirmed May 27 the first U.S. case of a longhorned tick carrying Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a bacteria that can cause a potentially deadly disease in people: human monocytic ...

Just last month, Connecticut researchers said they identified the first case of a longhorned tick infected with a pathogen called ehrlichia chaffeensis. Infections can give people fever chills ...