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 ...

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 ...