Tiny insects are spreading a devastating disease. Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believe they’ve ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

At this point, too much manganese becomes toxic because the bacteria can no longer store it safely. This discovery holds potential for new Lyme disease therapies. Future drugs could starve the ...

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may ...

Lyme disease, named after the Connecticut town where clusters of children developed a then-mysterious disease in the 1970s, has quietly become one of the Northern Hemisphere’s most stubborn ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved ...

"Our work shows that manganese is a double-edged sword in Lyme disease," said Northwestern's Brian Hoffman, who co-led the study with USU's Michael Daly. "It's both Borrelia's armor and its weakness.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

This digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts a grouping of numerous, Gram-negative, anaerobic, Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which had been derived from a pure culture.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. (CDC via AP, File) ...