The dog is now recovering after a blood transfusion and is looking for a foster home A dog is finally getting the chance to ditch the hundreds of dangerous parasites that have been plaguing him. On ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

As autumn brings color-changing trees and falling leaves, a dangerous little critter could crash your leaf-peeping adventures. Ticks are a common parasite that are so small, we often miss them.