The Indiana Department of Health says recent death in Floyd County is being blamed on ehrlichiosis, a tick-borne illness.

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 ...

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Symptoms that persist long after Lyme disease is treated are not uncommon - a 2022 study found that 14% of patients who were diagnosed and treated early with antibiotic therapy would still develop ...

Residents say the toxic air also causes skin rashes and eye irritation, damages crops, and restricts routine tasks like drying laundry outdoors. "Everything is covered with dust or soot," said ...

An urgent warning has been given to dog owners about a common - yet potentially devastating - disease that can spread to ...

By definition, patients with probable late Lyme disease had no history of physician documented or treated EM rash and no objective clinical signs associated with late Lyme disease. However ...

With spring finally upon us and summer around the corner, many of us will be looking to get outside and enjoy the countryside after a very cold winter. And the same is true for our pets, who will ...

Kidney disease, especially in the advanced stages, can cause itching without a rash. If a person knows they have kidney problems and start to develop itching skin, they should contact a doctor.

U.S. CDC anticipates that the upcoming fall and winter respiratory disease season will likely have a similar or lower number of combined peak hospitalizations due to COVID-19, influenza, and RSV ...

Only 10 days later, she experienced overwhelming back pains, fatigue and a large bullseye rash. She saved the tick for identification, took a blood test and was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Due to ...