NewsDesk @bactiman63 Illinois state health officials reported Tuesday of an individual who tested positive for Heartland Virus. The patient, described as an “older person who resides in a rural...

Heartland virus is circulating in lone star ticks in Georgia, scientists at Emory University have found, confirming active transmission of the virus within the state. The journal Emerging Infectious Diseases...

Researchers have confirmed that Heartland virus, an emerging pathogen with potentially dire consequences for those infected, is present in Lone Star ticks in two Illinois counties hundreds of miles apart....

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the report of a Heartland virus case reported in a Kankakee County, Illinois resident last year,  the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)...

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Friday on the first Heartland virus disease case in the state. The patient is a Kankakee resident. Likely spread by the Lone Star tick, more than...

A new blood test called the Tick-Borne Disease Serochip (TBD Serochip) promises to revolutionize the diagnosis of tick-borne disease by offering a single test to identify and distinguish between Borrelia...

Arkansas has identified its first case of Heartland virus, a relatively new tickborne disease, in an individual living in the northwest part of the state. People become infected with Heartland virus through...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Working Group on Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases is pleased to announce that the webinar, Trends in Tickborne Diseases in the United States, is now...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed the state’s first case and death of Heartland virus disease. The individual, a Delaware County resident reportedly died from complications from...