However, the treatment would still need to be tested ... Still, his team is investigating its use as a prophylactic after a tick bite but before infection has developed. Scientists Are Learning ...

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 ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 500,000 people will contract Lyme disease this year, from just a single tick bite. And currently there are over 2 million ...

Temperatures remain spring-like and warm in South Dakota- but if you’re heading outside, then beware of ticks. The South ...

Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...

Emergency department visits for tick bites have increased across Pennsylvania, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The discovery was made in a residential backyard in Maine where researchers were collecting rabbit ticks and testing them for ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Alpha-gal syndrome is an allergy triggered by the saliva of certain ticks. It causes an overreaction of the immune system to ...

It’s nearly peak tick season and bites from the bugs may come with dangerous consequences for meat lovers — and everyone ...