Latest Massachusetts Tick Information headlines

There are organic options, but they may not be as effective as insecticides.

Did you find a tick on your or a loved one’s body? Here’s how to safely remove it, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Do you think you just found a tick? Here’s a basic visual lesson on identifying if that arachnid is indeed a tick, and if so, what kind it is.

The CDC tweeted out a photo of ticks on a poppy seed muffin, and almost everyone who saw it got grossed out. And then other media outlets replicated it.

The number of cases of tick-borne disease in Massachusetts has skyrocketed.

The warmer weather of spring and summer means the start of tick and mosquito season and the diseases they transmit.

Massachusetts is in the top quintile in terms of total number of tick-related cases.

New England is home to the tick-borne illness and still has the highest incident rates.

We’ve just entered the time of year when people are most likely to be bit and infected by ticks.

Many variables affect tick population size, but even one of the tiny bugs that transmit Lyme disease still poses risks.

In this part of the country, the threat from ticks and tick-borne illnesses can seem ever present. But there are things you can do around your home to minimize the risk.

In 2013, the Globe took an in-depth look at the disease, the patients, the debate, and the science.