For scientists and clinicians alike, one of the Holy Grails for successfully treating and curing Lyme disease is developing tests that identify the disease sooner, show when people are cured of ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- An improved test for Lyme disease could provide accurate results within 20 minutes, researchers report. The test -- which resembles an AI-guided form ...

A new test spots Lyme disease faster than the existing go-to approach and, if approved, could reduce the risk of complications. By Tom Leslie. 28 August 2024 ...

As we’re seeing, it’s been a very bad year for tick bites, which can lead to Lyme disease. A new test may help get people the right diagnosis quicker than ever before.

Experts have warned this summer's tick season will be especially bad. Microbiologist Mollie Jewett and her team are working on a new diagnostic for Lyme disease.

Credit: Shutterstock Roughly 476,000 people in the United States are diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease each year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. However, ...

Lyme disease is endemic to Pennsylvania, and it easily records more cases than any other state. In 2019 , there were 8,998 probable and confirmed cases in Pennsylvania, more than double the next ...

T he tick hunter was hopeful he had found the cause of the disabling illness, recently named Lyme disease, that was spreading anxiety through leafy communities east of New York City. At a ...

A potential new test for diagnosing Lyme disease. Tufts University. Journal Journal of Clinical Investigation Funder NIH/National Institutes of Health DOI 10.1172/JCI152506. Keywords /Health and ...

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that an enhanced Lyme disease test could deliver accurate results in just 20 minutes. The test -- which resembles an AI-guided form ...