The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has ...

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

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

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

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

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

Lyme disease’s Achilles’ Heel has been discovered ... burgdorferi does not rely on thiamin, an essential cofactor for most organisms. Instead, it depends on the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase ...

Researchers have identified a new way to fight infections like Lyme disease and syphilis by disrupting the bacteria's "motor," preventing it from spreading through the body. The findings could ...

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

1 in 3 adults in the U.S. and Europe take at least one supplement a day. While they can support better health, taking too ...

Researchers have identified BbLDH as a critical component for the survival and infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease. The fundamental nature of BbLDH lies in ...