Key Takeaways Lyme disease affects about 500,000 Americans each year, data shows Symptoms range from rash and fatigue to serious nerve and heart issues Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent ...

Acting fast after a tick bite can lower your risk of developing Lyme disease. You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your ...

Lyme disease, carried by black-legged ticks (popularly called deer ticks), is the most common insect-transmitted disease in the United States. The bacterial infection is caused by a spirochete a ...

Grammy award-winning pop star Justin Timberlake, 44, recently took to Instagram to share his diagnosis of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that he said was, "relentlessly debilitating, both ...

Last night, I watched a documentary about author Amy Tan. During the course of the documentary, Tan discussed the traumas she experienced growing up in a high achieving family of immigrants, and never ...

The disease was first recognized in the 1970s after an outbreak in Lyme, Connecticut. Today, Lyme has been reported in all 50 states. However, while the geographic areas inhabited by ticks that carry ...

Lyme disease affects about 500,000 Americans each year, data shows Symptoms range from rash and fatigue to serious nerve and heart issues Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent long-term ...