Lyme disease cases could reach record numbers this year due to unseasonably warm temperatures this winter and spring, which is causing the deer ticks that carry the disease to breed sooner. What to do to protect yourself and how to recognize the symptoms.

Researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness, similar to Lyme disease and carried by the same deer tick that transmits Lyme. “One to 4 percent of the (deer) ticks in Massachusetts carry it,” said Dr. Philip Molloy, a rheumatologist at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth.

A new tick-borne infection, similar to Lyme disease, has been found in humans in the Northeast region for the first time, according to researchers at the Yale schools of Public Health and Medicine. And while its unfamiliarity may result in some misdiagnosis — the disease, carried by deer ticks, has yet to be given a name — the good news is that the same treatment used for Lyme disease will cure ...

A new tick-borne infection, similar to Lyme disease, has been found in humans in the Northeast region for the first time, according to researchers at the Yale schools of Public Health and Medicine. And while its unfamiliarity may result in some misdiagnosis — the disease, carried by deer ticks, has yet to be given a name — the good news is that the same treatment used for Lyme disease will cure ...

More blacklegged or “deer” ticks in Ohio’s forests could lead to more Lyme disease and other infections in humans, state health officials warn.