Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the charity, Lyme Disease UK, is urging the public to look out for these dangerous arachnids which may ...

The tick may fall off quickly or be so small it’s undetectable. Additionally, tick bites have signs and symptoms that may change over time, especially if the tick spreads an infection like Lyme ...

However, the treatment would still need to be tested in humans, even though ... avoiding tick bites is still the best defense against Lyme disease, followed by seeking medical attention after ...

There are some in human trials at the moment ... and are best administered within the first 72 hours after the tick bite." Lyme disease is caused by bacteria that live in the deer tick.

Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing seasonal allergies this week. They’re also seeing rashes from outdoor exposures and viral upper respiratory illness. WellSpan Pediatric ...

Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection is predominantly spread to humans through the bite of an infected tick. Other infections ...

Like Lyme disease, anaplasmosis is spread by infected blacklegged ticks. However, the human version of this condition is caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum ... Symptoms typically start within a week ...