Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the U.S. and Europe, is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. A new study may ...

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

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

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

St. Joseph County has documented more cases of Lyme disease in humans than any other county in Indiana. So, the arrival of ...

Aug. 15, 2024 — Researchers have produced a genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria that may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the tick-borne ... Bartonella DNA ...

Lyme disease, spread by infected ticks, starts with flu-like symptoms but can lead to serious neurological, heart, and joint ...

Ticks live in many different outdoor environments but they are particularly common in grassy and wooded areas. The health ...

The NHS has issued guidance over a bacterial illness that's especially prevalent between April and July. The infection is ...

The NHS has issued a warning over a bacterial infection that can be spread by a tick bite and, if left untreated, can result ...

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