If you spot a blacklegged tick crawling up your leg—or worse, attached to your skin—you might be worried about getting Lyme disease. That’s reasonable because Lyme is the most commonly reported ...

You’ve heard of Lyme disease — now, infectious disease experts are warning of another serious tick-borne illness that’s on the rise: babesiosis. “If you live in areas where babesiosis is endemic, ...

A small pilot study has found evidence of human co-infections from Bartonella and Babesia odocoilei, a protozoal tick-borne infection primarily found in deer, moose and other cervids. The ...

OFFICERS TRUE HEROES. MULTIPLE CONFIRMED CASES. AND I’M GOING TO LET THE DOCTOR HERE TAKE THIS WORD. BABESIOSIS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THAT’S A DISEASE PRIMARILY SPREAD BY DEER TICKS. SO WE TALK A LOT ...

Cases of a tick-borne parasitic disease have steadily increased in recent years, a new study shows. Rates of babesiosis increased an average 9% a year in the United States between 2015 and 2022, ...

Cases of babesiosis increased 9% per year, on average, between 2015 and 2022 and nearly half were co-infected with another tick-borne illness such as Lyme disease, according to a new study HERSHEY, Pa ...

Babesiosis is on the rise and is spread by the same ticks that cause Lyme. It can be serious, especially for people who are immunocompromised. Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with any ...

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 antibiotics ...

A tick-borne disease dubbed "American malaria" is increasing in prevalence across the U.S., new research has found. Cases of the disease—babesiosis—increased by about 9 percent every year between 2015 ...

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