Scientists have discovered that the enzyme BbLDH is crucial for the survival and infectivity of the Lyme disease bacterium ...

Targeting a key enzyme in the microorganism responsible for the disease could stop both its growth and ability to infect.

What initially seems like purely psychological trouble may indeed have roots in physical conditions that, once identified, ...

In Estonia, many people learned a lesson from ethnomedicine as children: that placing a plantain leaf on a scraped knee would ...

Ticks that can spread diseases that afflict people, including Lyme disease, continue to proliferate in Connecticut, the latest findings from a multiyear tick surveillance program show. On Monday, the ...

Existing projects are also on hold because research institutions cannot be certain they will be continued, or if they absorb ...

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.

New research from the CDC is exposing surprising new culprits behind a growing meat allergy. The tick menace is even worse ...

A team of scientists has zeroed in on an enzyme that could revolutionize Lyme disease treatment. By uncovering the crucial ...

Typically, healthcare professionals prescribe antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, doxycycline, and cefuroxime axetil, to treat the early stages of Lyme disease.

Sarah Bolden organized Lyme-A-Palooza in partnership with Project Lyme, a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating tick-borne ...