An antibiotic that is commonly used to treat pneumonia rid mice of Lyme disease at a dose 100 times lower than the standard antibiotic therapy. This smaller dose, combined with the drug’s ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. It starts with the ticks. These bugs infect people with the bacteria that cause ...

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 ...

April 23, 2025 – Tick season is back, and so is the threat of Lyme disease, with cases expected to climb yet again as climate change fuels tick activity. But two new studies point to new ...

Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome may be driven by remnants of infection Researchers learn why the body may continue to respond to an invisible threat long after bacterial death Date: April 23 ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — 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 ...

A growing tick population in the UK countryside is increasing the risk of Lyme disease, warns the Scottish Land & Estates (SLE). The warning comes following a rise of one-third in reported Lyme ...

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 ...

But spending more time among nature means a heightened risk of tick bites, which can, in some cases, result in Lyme disease. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the charity, Lyme Disease UK ...