Following the death last month of a Gansevoort man who contracted Powassan virus from a tick, a second Saratoga County resident has been hospitalized with the rare disease and a third is suspected o … read more

Experts at the Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) in France launched a tick alert app on iOS and Android this week, to track the spread of tick cases and reduce the risk and spread o … read more

ALBANY, N.Y. - An Albany, N.Y. man has died from a rare virus he got from a tick bite and his daughter is warning others about the danger.He died from the Powassan virus, a more serious illness than L … read more

Recently, Deerbusters discussed a rare tick disease called the Bourbon Virus that has made headlines in Missouri and New York. Little is known about the tick virus that was first discovered in 2014. T … read more

Let's be real: floppy-eared rabbits are adorable with their bushy tails and their cute twitching noses.  But when you look beyond their features, you notice that rabbits are destructive critters … read more