Tick-borne illnesses remain a serious threat in Maine, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the University of ...

The Department of Homeland Security said the facility "does not and has not performed research on Lyme disease." ...

Our changing climate is creating new health risks for children — longer allergy seasons, extreme heat affecting young ...

Researchers have engineered Lyme bacterial protein, CspZ, to produce a robust immune response in mice for vaccine development.

Meeting the unmet need for a vaccine is the top priority for researchers studying Lyme disease, which infects about 476,000 people in the U.S. each year and can come with severe complications such as ...

St. Joseph County in Indiana has documented more cases of Lyme disease in humans than any other county in the state. It takes 48 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme disease to a human. Ticks can be ...

Liver disease is a broad term that can describe any issue that damages the liver and affects its function. Possible causes include infections, genetic conditions, autoimmune disorders, and cancer.

"I realised after a series of tests that I have what's called Lyme disease, which is a super silent disease that's not really very well known." Bieber discussed the diagnosis on his documentary (The ...

It’s in those days of quiet blood-thirst that ticks pass along bacteria that causes conditions like Lyme disease, a growing problem driven in the U.S. by black-legged ticks (or Ixodes scapularis).

Researchers have discovered that an enzyme can serve as an ideal target for developing new therapeutics against Lyme disease and, most likely, other tick-borne diseases as well. The finding was ...

While treatable with antibiotics if caught early enough, if it’s left untreated, Lyme disease symptoms can spread to the joints, heart and nervous system, which is why it’s important to catch it early ...