Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...

Tick bites are increasing alpha-gal meat allergy cases, especially in fragmented suburban and forested landscapes.

If you find a tick on yourself, remove it as quickly as possible. Make an appointment with your doctor if you start ...

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

The allergy is known as alpha-gal syndrome, which is also a potentially life-threatening condition. Scientists think that the ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

With temperatures warming up and more people heading outdoors, residents are once again reminded to keep an eye out for ticks ...

The emerging number of Powassan cases in Minnesota is one of the reasons the National Institutes of Health gave Matthew ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

With the arrival of spring and summer, the Midwest is bracing for an increase in tick activity – particularly deer ticks, ...