They appeared at dusk. The day was ending in a pink-and-yellow sky when a cub moved in the grass. Its mother appeared next, red as the earth, small, slender. Krahô-Kanela is an experienced mom, having ...

The Sudan virus, a close relative of Ebola, has a fatality rate of 50% but remains poorly understood in terms of how it infects cells. Currently, no approved treatments exist. To address this critical ...

If things get serious with these symptoms, your doctor will prescribe antibiotics to tackle the effects of a tick bite.

More than 5,000 patients, advocates and healthcare providers from 50 states signed onto a letter to President Trump that urges him to prioritize the critical public health crisis of Lyme and ...

Humans have an exceptional ability to deal with viruses. In most cases, your immune system is able to fight an infection. On ...

The research initiative comes amid a growing risk of outbreaks of diseases that spread from animals to humans. Read more at ...

The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

BlueArc Biosciences has been a winner in all three phases so far of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator competition as it works ...

Susan E. Little, DVM, PhD, DACVM, shares important things veterinarians should recognize regarding the surge in tick populations, and more ...

A team of biomolecular engineers, pathologists, and internal medicine specialists at the University of Texas Medical Branch, ...

SFRs vary in presentation, from mild to fatal, depending on the species of tick, however, early symptoms are non-specific.

An NUS-based study says 11 species that have bitten humans here can carry 1 or more harmful microbes. Read more at ...