Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies estimate about 476,000 Americans may be diagnosed with Lyme disease each year. But there's another fast-growing tick-borne condition you ...

Rodents act as reservoirs for a wide array of viral, bacterial, and parasitic pathogens, contributing to both endemic and outbreak-prone diseases. Leptospirosis, caused by Leptospira spp., is one of ...

Over 200 diseases, including diarrhoea, typhoid and cholera, are caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria and viruses. Foodborne diseases encompass a wide range of illnesses from ...

A team of biomedical researchers trained a machine learning algorithm to identify more than two dozen viable treatments for diseases caused ... software to study bat-borne Nipah and Hendra ...

Epidemic typhus is one of the oldest diseases known to affect humankind, and despite advances in modern medicine, it ...

and prevent the spread of tick-borne diseases, protecting the health and well-being of both humans and animals.” View the Nebraska Tick Surveillance Map, an interactive tool that documents the ...

Deer ticks are the most common ticks in Wisconsin that sicken people, and about 20 to 40% of adult deer ticks carry disease, he said. But the good news is "tick-borne disease is almost entirely ...

Tick season is officially here. The pesky critters can be a nuisance for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. From the dangers of Lyme disease to rising cases of anaplasmosis in Canada, it's a good idea to ...

Sydney Stein, Nebraska State Epidemiologist, said. “Monitoring tick populations allows us to see where ticks are in our communities and recreational spaces, identify pathogens carried by ticks in ...

It's just your body reacting to the bug's spit. But mosquitoes can also carry diseases. So, how do you know if it's just a bite or something more serious? We talked to Dr. Shrey Srivastav ...

Dr. Rebecca Greenstein dresses her dog in a canine onesie to be able to spot ticks more easily. This and other ways to keep ...