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

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

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

Alzheimer’s disease slowly strips away memory and identity, affecting millions of people around the world. For decades, ...

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

The prospect of Lyme disease is no joke. About 47% of the adult ticks that the St. Joseph County Department of Health has collected since 2017 have tested positive for the bacteria that leads to ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A bacterial infection that's especially prevalent between April and July can spread to the heart in severe cases ...