Untreated Lyme disease can also lead to a condition called “Lyme carditis,” which is when the bacterium infects any part of the heart, which can lead to serious complications. Additionally ...

Lyme disease cases have more than doubled in recent years, according to the CDC, with annual reports jumping from around 42,000 to nearly 90,000.

Roll started the nonprofit Lyme WNY after her husband Chuk found out he had Lyme disease. She wanted people to have a way to ...

Lyme disease is not contagious. To become infected with the bacteria, ... Diagnosing Erythema Migrans (the 'Bulls-Eye Rash') can also be challenging for a community physician.

It’s in those days of quiet blood-thirst that ticks pass along bacteria that causes conditions like Lyme disease, a growing problem driven in the U.S. by black-legged ticks (or Ixodes scapularis).

In 2022 using the new surveillance approach, 62,551 Lyme disease cases were reported to CDC. That is 1.7 times the annual average — 37,118 cases — that were reported during the period between ...