A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while up to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Cases of Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne ailment in the U.S., are on the rise, thanks in part to a rainy spring. Johns Hopkins University’s Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the ...

Lyme Disease: Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spiral ... Deer ticks are extremely small, with tick nymphs being about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. This means that you ...

People who get Lyme disease from a tick bite can sometimes develop a red ... Even knowing what stage the tick is in the lifecycle — whether it's a nymph or full-grown adult, for instance ...

Lyme disease spreads through a bite from an infected blacklegged tick, and symptoms include headache, fever, and a "target" skin rash. Learn more about Lyme disease and how to prevent it.

Lyme disease vaccine appears to be the most effective management option for the prevention of Lyme disease. Although administration of the adjuvanted formulation of Lyme disease vaccine (LYMErix ...

Tick nymphs, like rodents ... burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks also transmit other infections ...

Does Lyme disease pose a threat here in the UK? And if so, what precautions should we be taking to avoid the tick-borne illness? We asked the experts. Miranda Hart is the latest celebrity to speak ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread by infected blacklegged ticks, these ticks are the most common ticks here on the west coast. According to the CDC, Lyme disease spreads when ...