President Donald Trump is expected to sign a defense bill this week that orders an investigation into whether the U.S.

While there are no vaccines to treat Lyme disease, the researchers believe their discovery could be a game-changer, helping ...

Warmer, wetter weather conditions spurred by atmospheric pollution have created an uptick in viral carriers like mosquitoes.

Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to wage a war against Lyme disease - a tick-borne infection residents of Cape ...

An international team of scientists reports that it has unraveled the genetic makeup of 47 strains of known and potential Lyme disease-causing bacteria. The say the work paves the way toward more ...

Chronic Lyme isn’t the only aspect of this very real infection associated with conspiracy.

Karthik and her team aimed to use CRISPR as a way to identify and isolate a protein generated by the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, report the discovery of a new species of bacteria ...

It might start with a walk in the woods and end with a bullseye on your skin. Lyme disease may sound like something out of a spy thriller, but it’s a very real, very sneaky illness carried by ticks.

Acting fast after a tick bite can lower your risk of developing Lyme disease. You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your ...

Nearly half a million Americans received an unpleasant surprise this summer, according to insurance billing data: a new diagnosis of Lyme disease. Those numbers could shrink if scientists succeed in ...

You just pulled a deer tick off your body — now what? For Long Islanders, who live in one of the nation’s Lyme disease hot spots, the first thought may be to rush to the doctor’s office or clinic for ...