Lyme disease, a potentially debilitating tick-borne infection if it is left untreated, is a growing problem in parts of Canada, with thousands of reported cases. But could there soon be a vaccine?

Diana Moser has, to the best of her knowledge, not contracted Lyme disease, a welcome status quo that might be credited to the tick-repellant clothing she wears in the yard of her East LaHave, N.S., ...

Research at Brock University shedding light on growing presence of blacklegged ticks in Niagara area and potential to ...

“The confluence of environmental, ecological, sociological, and demographic factors has created a near “perfect storm” leading to more ticks in more places,” said Kathryn E. Reif, PhD, MSPH, quoting a ...

A longhorned tick, or Haemaphysalis longicornis, is seen through its life stages. (Ben Paul/Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...

Along with Borrelia burgdorferi, black-legged ticks can carry the rare but serious Babesiosis and Powassan viruses. ... "Tick bites are unfortunately a part of life on Long Island.

In a nutshell. The antibiotic piperacillin has shown remarkable effectiveness against Lyme disease-causing bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, at doses 100 times lower than doxycycline, the current ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new strain of Rickettsia bacteria, Rickettsia sp. ME2023, was identified in rabbit ticks (Haemaphysalis leporispalustris) in Maine.

Lyme disease gained notoriety when cases spiked in 2022 and 2023, over doubling between 2017 and 2023, according to the CDC. Reported cases went from about 42,700 to about 89,500 annually. These ...

Its causative pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, has evolved unique metabolic pathways to cope with its enzootic life cycle, some of which are specific and ideal targets for developing new ways to ...

Its causative pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, has evolved unique metabolic pathways to cope with its enzootic life cycle, some of which are specific and ideal targets for developing new ways to ...

Brian Stevenson, a microbiology professor at the University of Kentucky, studies Borrelia burgdorferi, the spiral-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease, which is spread by ticks.