This year's tick season has been extremely active, particularly in the Northeast. You can help prevent disease if you know how to remove one.

Ticks should be removed with tweezers, grasping them close to the skin's surface. Pull upward with steady, even pressure to avoid leaving the tick's mouthparts embedded.

Should you spot one on you (or your dog), here’s how to remove it safely and report it to a national database, according to ...

Ticks are a threat to public health as they can carry numerous diseases, but you likely have the tool to deal with them right ...

Tick heads, aka mouth-parts, can get embedded in your skin. Here’s how to remove a tick head that’s stuck in there after the body is gone.

Once you’ve grasped the tick, pull up with “steady, even pressure,” the CDC wrote. “Don’t twist or jerk the tick; this can cause the mouth-parts to break off and remain in the skin. If ...

Use clean, fine-tipped tweezers to grab the tick as close to your skin’s surface as possible. Pull upward with steady, even pressure. (Don’t twist or jerk the tick—that can cause the head and ...