Sudden fatigue could also be an early Lyme disease sign. “Fatigue is an early sign that is frequently dismissed and assumed ...

Scientists have discovered that the enzyme BbLDH is crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Lyme disease bacterium ...

Data captured from electronic health records (EHRs) may offer a more complete method for determining the incidence of Lyme disease in the United States, according to results of a ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria's "motor, ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

Ticks are most active between May and October in Pennsylvania, but it doesn’t mean that they’re not out there now. Already, ...

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful ...

Medicare Part D helps cover prescription drugs, which means it should cover most of the cost of antibiotics to treat Lyme disease. However, since Part D plans are provided by Medicare-approved private ...

Existing projects are also on hold because research institutions cannot be certain they will be continued, or if they absorb ...

Pet owners are always very conscientious about any health problems their animals pick up in case it leads to something more ...

The infection is almost exclusively passed to humans through the bite of a parasite, which is crucial to remove quickly ...

Experts said the more mild winters and prolonged warm periods in Connecticut have created more friendly conditions for tick ...