Ticks and Lyme disease may be on the increase for an assortment of reasons, experts said, including milder winters.

Lyme disease is a complex condition with a long history of misdiagnosis, and Lyme arthritis, a late manifestation of the ...

When Gretchen Dunoyer heard that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was recruiting people with lingering Lyme disease ...

As summer hits its peak, health experts are warning about an increase in tick activity, and the health risks that come with ...

Lyme disease is not rare; in fact, it is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. Despite being widespread, ...

Only 34% of patients with erythema migrans greater than 5 cm are positive for Lyme disease by the CDC’s standard two-tier testing algorithm.

Most people are familiar with Lyme disease, but did you know there’s another tick-borne illness quietly spreading like ...

“Early diagnosis and treatment, with additional follow-up by healthcare providers, has the potential to improve patient outcomes, decrease the percentage of people who progress to persistent Lyme ...

Getting bitten by a deer tick can lead to Lyme disease. These ticks can carry bacteria responsible for the illness and ...

When ticks bite us, they release thousands of proteins through their saliva. Could a vaccine for the right ones stop ticks ...

The suspected exposure was related to outdoor activities or a workplace exposure, Carson City Health and Human Services said.

Zoonoses—diseases that spread from animals to humans—began to gain prevalence some 6,500 years ago with the rise of animal ...