A partnership between Kent County parks and Calvin University aims to study ticks that may cause disease to better understand ...

Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year ...

The illness is caused by a parasite, which makes it different from many well-known tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme.

Clinicians have been struggling for a long time….they’re not sure how to treat these patients,’ said a Lyme researcher in ...

New CDC data shows tick-borne diseases have quadrupled in 20 years. Learn essential prevention tips and early warning signs ...

Researchers say they’re seeing more ticks throughout Pennsylvania this year. The Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab recorded ...

While Lyme disease gets the most attention – and affects the most people – there are other tick-borne bacteria and diseases ...

As winter’s chill dissipates and spring’s rain gives way to summer’s warmth, we shed our layers and venture outdoors to enjoy the weather. Spending time outside is a known mood booster, and ...

Researchers have discovered that an enzyme can serve as an ideal target for developing new therapeutics against Lyme disease, and most likely other tick-borne diseases as well. Researchers have ...

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States and Europe. Its causative pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, has evolved unique metabolic pathways to cope with its ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease ... People may be infected by multiple pathogens at once, or acquire multiple over time. And both Lyme and Covid may make patients more ...

This allows a host of disease-causing pathogens that may have infected the ... Borrelia burgdorferi which causes Borreliosis or Lyme disease. It is named after the town of Lyme in Connecticut ...