About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse. That may have been a ...

The blacklegged tick is perhaps the biggest threat because it’s the only tick species that can transmit Lyme disease, a ...

While conducting this research, Rich stumbled upon a new strain of “Rickettsia” bacteria ... yet another type of bacterium that’s transmitted by these ticks,” added Rich.

The specific bacteria that causes this type of typhus is called the Rickettsia prowazekii. It is generally transmitted to lice when they feed on infected hosts. Cases in the U.S. have been attributed ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria ...

Lyme disease is not the only tick-borne illness affecting pets, with Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia also on the rise. These diseases, while sometimes treated with similar ...

The herpes simplex virus frequently spreads during periods when infected individuals have no recognizable symptoms, creating a transmission pattern that has allowed it to become remarkably ...

and yes, one jar of rice fell and broke. He and more than 100 of his neighbors were railing against Georgia Power‘s plan to erect new transmission lines along their residential streets to ...

Efficacy of Baloxavir Treatment in Preventing Transmission of Influenza. New England Journal of Medicine , 2025; 392 (16): 1582 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2413156 Cite This Page : ...