Stamford resident K.J. Kelly didn't know about Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) until he was admitted to Stamford Health's emergency department. What he originally thought was the flu turned ...

In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a ...

We now know it as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. That discovery was the beginning of Rocky Mountain Laboratories, whose research is now global in scope. With tick season now here, NBC Montana ...

Getty The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that an outbreak of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in southern California has led to three deaths. The bacterial disease is spread ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent ...

So what are the symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever? Child’s right hand and wrist displaying the characteristic spotted rash of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado ...

UMass Amherst researchers have discovered a new bacteria in Maine rabbit ticks linked to an infection that can be deadly for humans.

The discovery was made in a residential backyard in Maine where researchers were collecting rabbit ticks and testing them for ...

Ticks have been known to transmit diseases to humans, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but now a recently discovered red meat allergy could become more common.