Lyme disease can be easiest to treat in its earliest stages, but current tests often miss infections during that critical ...

The CDC warned that emergency room visits due to tick bites are at their highest level since 2017. That may portend an ...

A novel strategy could help reduce Lyme disease risk—but experts say caution is still needed.

Deer ticks carrying Lyme disease have expanded their range into Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, with emergency room visits for tick bites rising 25% in April 2026 compared to the same period last year, ...

Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine ...

Will we finally leave the past behind and make progress on prevention?

That means more people are also exposed to the bevy of health conditions they can cause, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the alpha-gal-triggered red meat allergy, and, most common of all, Lyme ...

When Bonnie Markowitz was bitten by a tick in 1998, it took three months for doctors to identify her symptoms as Lyme disease. For some patients, the wait can be more than a year, a delay that experts ...

The plan's most telling feature is what it left out. Two months before the announcement, Pfizer and Valneva reported that their Lyme vaccine had passed its final major trial, cutting confirmed cases ...

A new Oklahoma law requires reporting of alpha-gal syndrome, a dangerous red meat allergy caused by tick bites.