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A medical therapy that inhibits the growth of cancer cells may one day be effective at treating Lyme disease, according to new research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-borne…

NEW YORK: In 2022, doctors recorded the first confirmed case of tick-borne encephalitis virus acquired in the United Kingdom. It began with a bike ride. A 50-year-old man was mountain biking in the North Yorkshire Moors, a national park…

When Reema Shah was 13 years old, she became plagued by a mysterious suite of symptoms: rashes, brain fog, fatigue. Her exhaustion was so extreme that walking up stairs would leave her winded, and she had to quit her high school tennis…

Ontario's top doctor expects to see a growing number of cases of three types of tick-borne illness in the province, in addition to Lyme disease — a spread he says is directly linked to climate change.A new regulation that takes effect this…

The Powassan virus has killed one person in the US.The Powassan virus can also lead to life-threatening diseases like brain infection or encephalitis and brain and spinal cord infection or meningitis. After the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked…

Health officials in Maine reported the first death this year of an untreatable tick-borne illness, putting Americans on alert as outdoor warm-weather activities kick off.Robert J. Weymouth, a 58-year-old from Topsham, Maine passed away due…

The most efficient strategy is to use tick-preventive medications, which your veterinarian can prescribe.Learn about the symptoms and prevention measures for some common tick-borne diseases that can afflict your pooch, and be proactive in…

Hotspots for a rare tick-borne disease that kills up to one in ten sufferers have been revealed for the first time.A study by the Yale School of Public Health found that Powassan virus, dubbed 'Lyme disease's deadly cousin', is being…

Experts are sounding the alarm over a malaria-like tick-borne disease that kills up to 20 percent of people it infects.Human cases of babesiosis have more than doubled in a decade in the US, a trend some say is linked to climate change and…

A rare and life-threatening disease called babesiosis is slowly spreading in Canada with the help of an eight-legged, blood-sucking arachnid — the blacklegged tick. The blacklegged ticks, also known as deer ticks, can transmit…