UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...

Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by borrelia burgdorferi, a bacterial species that can spread to people and animals from the bite of a deer tick—also called a black-legged tick—carrying ...

You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease develop in the United ...

Planning an outdoor getaway this summer requires many considerations: navigating rainy weekends, enduring heavy traffic and perhaps worst of all, facing an increasing tick problem. Stream Los Angeles ...

Lyme meningitis can happen when Lyme disease is left untreated. It can cause symptoms like severe headache, fever, and light sensitivity. Lyme meningitis can be treated with a course of antibiotics.

This year's tick season has been extremely active, leading to a surge in ER visits because of tick bites, particularly in the Northeast. This year's figures are the highest since 2019, according to ...