Scientists believe they know what causes the treated infection to mimic chronic illness: the body may be responding to remnants of the bacteria that causes Lyme that tend to pool in the liver and ...

Share on Pinterest Those who live with Lyme disease, like Erika Schlick, may experience a broad range of symptoms that can impact daily life. Photography courtesy of Erika Schlick Health coach and ...

Grammy award-winning pop star Justin Timberlake, 44, recently took to Instagram to share his diagnosis of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that he said was “relentlessly debilitating, both mentally ...

In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore has launched its Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center in Lutherville, Md., which will act as a hub for catalyzing the exploration of Lyme disease. The center was ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. It starts with the ticks. These bugs infect ...

Lyme disease is prevalent this time of year, especially in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and upper-Midwest regions of the U.S. — though there have been reports of cases in expanding areas, according to ...

Global superstar Justin Timberlake came on stage during his Forget Tomorrow, World Tour, where his fans were cheering him, and he was performing with all the confidence, but behind all that, a silent ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...

Up to 20% of patients treated for Lyme experience persistent symptoms Lyme’s post-infection features share some similarities to long COVID-19 and could be due to lingering antigens Individual ...