As a result, more than 2 million suffer from its debilitating later stage symptoms. Here’s what to know about how Lyme disease spreads, symptoms to watch for, treatment options and how to live well ...

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. - Elizabeth Fadling was only 5, but she remembers when she got bitten by a deer tick while visiting relatives in Pennsylvania back in 1985. She exhibited classic Lyme disease ...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, a potentially disabling infection caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick to people and pets.

In some cases, Lyme carditis and progressive neurologic Lyme have proven fatal. Some people never develop the classic rash or other early symptoms, or these signs go unrecognized, so they first ...