The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the federal agency that monitors diseases and establishes guidelines to ...

And I thought, ‘Well, you’re doctor No. 15, so good luck.’” Three months later, her blood test done by a local lab revealed ...

Long Island is one of the epicenters for Lyme disease. Education and prevention are keys to avoiding tick bites and ...

While the parasitic infection is primarily spread through insect vectors, it can also be transmitted congenitally and is often asymptomatic in newborns.

Now, a positive laboratory test is sufficient ... “We have a lot of behind-the-scenes data management that’s new with this Lyme disease surveillance system,” said Rebecca Osborn, a vector ...

Mannequins help researchers show the public what ticks look like in context, on a body — something that close-ups and ...

Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new ...

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy. A facial nerve gets inflamed or injured ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness (spread by infected ticks) in the United States. A bacterial infection known as Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease. Antibiotics clear ...

She also specializes in professional staff development. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness (spread by infected ticks) in the United States. A bacterial infection known as Borrelia ...

They then analyzed the same people using the new test, which looked at proteins circulating in blood to predict people's risk. As few as six bloodborne proteins could be used to accurately predict ...

Nationally, the data tracked by the EPA shows that Lyme disease cases nearly doubled between 1991 and 2018. And New England states have seen the largest increases in cases. Deer ticks have a two ...