After a fatal case of ehrlichiosis in Floyd County, the Indiana Department of Health is sending out a new warning to all Hoosiers.

If you're going into the woods, tall grass, your garden, or anywhere else ticks might be here are some tips on how to keep yourself safe.

Ticks are on the move. Warmer temperatures could create more places where they can thrive in Indiana and give them more time to feed. All of this could lead to more tick-borne illnesses in the future.

Indiana health officials say the recent warmer weather could mean large encounters of ticks across the state.

The report by Trust for Americas Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ranked states based on how vulnerable they are to the effects of climate change and how prepared they are to address them.

Ticks can spread diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. An Indiana University professor says people need to take extra care -- even in their yards.

Indiana University researchers have spotted a tick rarely seen in the state. The Gulf Coast tick is usually found along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. But researchers say it's moving north and climate change could be the cause.

The Tick INsider project was created because so many Hoosiers reported difficulty getting an accurate diagnosis of illnesses related to tick bites.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Wendy Adams, research grant director for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, which released research in July showing ticks capable of carrying Lyme have been found in 83 new counties across the country.

State department of health officials reported more than 100 cases of tick-borne illnesses so far this year, with one fatality in an elderly patient due to ehrlichiosis.