Red River Valley Research Evaluates Impact Eight Years After Lime Application By Carol Windels, Jason Brantner, Albert Sims & Carl Bradley* The spreading of spent lime on sugarbeet fields around ...

Milder winters have meant a boom in the deer and white-footed mouse populations — which in turn means a boom in the tick population. The increases the threat of Lyme disease this summer. Since May is ...

The uptick in the tick population across the United States is of greater concern than ever. According to the Centers for Disease Control, deer ticks, which can transmit Lyme disease, infected as many ...

A Lyme disease blood test helps determine if you have contracted the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, which is transmitted through infected ticks. The test looks for Lyme disease-specific antibodies ...

As many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease each year, according to the CDC. For most people, symptoms go away after two to four weeks of antibiotics, but five to 10 percent of ...

Lyme rate higher here than in surrounding counties According to the Virginia Health Department, Augusta County had 15 cases of Lyme in 2016, which is about a 20.2 rate per 100,000 people. This number ...

Lyme disease outcome and survival. Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis is effective in the prevention of Lyme disease. The use of antibiotics as a ...

Pfizer has started a late-stage clinical trial to test a vaccine that aims to protect against Lyme disease, the drugmaker announced Monday. There are currently no vaccines approved in the United ...