Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport’s beloved shoreline getaway, is closed through the 2025 summer season after city officials ...

The Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) is making its presence felt across the eastern United States—but not ...

Canine ehrlichiosis is caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia canis and is characterized by a systemic febrile disease of unknown pathogenesis. This study evaluated the expression of cytokines TNF-α, IL-10 ...

While Morgellons disease has sometimes been considered a delusional syndrome, this microscopic and molecular study suggests that it is an infectious illness associated with Borrelia spirochetes.

Max Maurin Disclosures Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2012;12 (7):731-754.

Most vector-borne diseases in North America, Europe, and Asia are caused by the transmission of bacteria, viruses, or parasites to humans by ticks. For instance, in the USA alone, ticks cause more ...

Native to east Asia, the ALHT was first detected in New Jersey in 2017. Since then, it has spread to more than 20 states with recent confirmations in Illinois, Michigan and Iowa.

An invasive species of tick, which can be found in New York—including on Staten Island—has recently been identified by scientists in another state as the carrier of a dangerous bacterium.

Protein–protein interactions represent a new class of exciting but challenging drug targets, because their large, flat binding sites lack well-defined pockets for small molecules to bind. We report ...

A tick that's rapidly spreading through Pennsylvania and elsewhere was found to carry a potentially dangerous bacterium.