MaineHealth is participating in a research trial that is testing the effectiveness of a potential new Lyme vaccine that could prevent thousands of cases of the disease per year in ... could see a more ...

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, as disease-carrying ticks become more active over the next few weeks. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday reported 316 cases of Lyme ...

New research suggests that as many as 2,500 Scots could be affected by the tick-borne illness every year. Lyme disease is a ...

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

Three months later, her blood test done by a local lab revealed she had Lyme disease, and subsequent testing by the CDC, the gold standard, confirmed it. Lyme disease is caused by blacklegged ...

George Mason University researchers have received a $1,176,645 grant in federal funding from the U.S. Department of the Army to revolutionize Lyme disease detection and diagnosis with urine ...

Tick experts advise keeping your lawn mowed because ticks thrive in tall grasses. And dog owners can minimize the amount of contact their dogs have with ticks by walking them on leash rather than ...

However, it is estimated that there are annually 3,000 to 4,000 new cases of the disease, which ... an illness that mimics ...

SPRING brings warnings about various health threats, including tick bites. While in most cases they are harmless, around one ...

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

FDA: The regulation finalized Monday by the Food and Drug Administration will gradually phase in oversight of new tests ...