Less than a week after her golden retriever Riley died, information studies Professor Jen Golbeck found him napping in her living room, "curled up like a croissant like he always was," on his red and gray-fleece dog bed.
Apr 12, 2024
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The most common tick found on humans in Georgia is the lone star tick—an aggressive seeker of blood that can spread dangerous pathogens through its bites.
Apr 5, 2024
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Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, affects nearly half a million people in the United States every year. In most cases, antibiotics effectively clear the infection, but for some patients, symptoms linger ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Human safety trials of a novel antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease developed by Northeastern professor Kim Lewis are scheduled to start this spring in Australia, with results anticipated by fall.
Feb 29, 2024
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Recent tracking rule changes led to a significant increase in reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S.
Feb 26, 2024
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Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022, which health officials say is not due to a major increase of new infections but instead a change in reporting requirements.
Feb 15, 2024
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When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient's skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT researchers.
Feb 5, 2024
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Researchers have uncovered evidence hinting that the most common bug spray ingredient, DEET, might cause reproductive problems by affecting the formation of egg cells during pregnancy.
Jan 4, 2024
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A new study out of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center has revealed disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease between Black and White patients with the condition. Researchers say the data, ...
Dec 12, 2023
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Researchers at Tulane University have found that a combination of antibiotics is more effective in treating Lyme disease than the commonly prescribed course of one single antibiotic. This finding, published in Frontiers in ...
Dec 6, 2023
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