More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.

When I teach students about infectious diseases, I often use a model known as the infectious disease triad. This framework illustrates that disease occurs only when three essential factors are present ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen. So reports a ...

More Than A Third Of Blacklegged Ticks Carry Disease, And One Parasite Is Spreading In A Nutshell A nine-year New York study found more than one in three blacklegged ticks infected with at least one ...

Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

The Government Accountability Office is calling on HHS to increase transparency in how it assesses and mitigates risk related to high-risk pathogen research. In a report released Feb. 19, the GAO said ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

GAO also examined how HHS agencies review and oversee the pathogen research they fund or conduct. It found that while HHS shares some information about high-risk research with federal stakeholders, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of ...

Cleaning and disinfection priorities in healthcare often focus on surfaces. And yet, many life-threatening pathogens are spread through the air requiring different protocols, equipment and ...

Every season brings a new slate of plant pathogens to our Florida lawns and gardens. Luckily, there are many tactics we can employ to help reduce their impact. Florida generally has a warm, humid ...