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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

“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 ...

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

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

Lyme disease is typically treated with a course of oral antibiotics. Shutterstock. Oral antibiotics, including amoxicillin, doxycycline and cefuroxime, are the standard treatment for Lyme disease.

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