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Long pants, socks and insect repellant help protect you from ticks

With no vaccines for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, expert explains how to avoid infection

Study also found that genes affect the level of risk

Researchers say those with the disease had 4 times higher blood levels of byproduct of banned pesticide

Turkestan species sold on Internet to people who buy living insects as food for reptiles

After short-term success, chemical resistance developed, study finds

Gene mutation combined with exposure to chemicals used in farming may trigger degenerative disease

Study looked at 'organochlorine' exposure in women with condition that affects uterine lining

Parents should be reassured that personal hygiene has nothing to do with the problem

Study helps explain why the bloodsucking parasites are so hard to kill

Lessons learned in deadly resurgence may point the way to prevention, expert says

Findings underscore need to protect developing brain, researcher says

Researchers hope finding leads to better prevention of malaria, other diseases

Farming, country living could play a role, researchers say

EPA urges adults to keep pesticides and disinfectants locked away from children