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

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

The development of a vaccine for Lyme disease was intensely pursued in the 1990s. However, citing a lack of demand, the first human Lyme disease vaccine was withdrawn from the market less than 5 ...

Human outer surface protein A vaccine trials Concurrent Phase III Lyme disease vaccine trials reported strong efficacy with unremarkable negative side effects. The borreliacidal activity of ...

Spring is nearly here. And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences ...

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

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with some estimates putting the number of people diagnosed and treated in the U.S. at 476,000 people a year, according to the Centers for ...