Would you tell a friend or colleague that you thought they had an infection that is almost impossible to cure? This is what happened to me while driving to a conference in Orlando with a colleague who ...

Notwithstanding notable progress in medicine and biomedical science, parasitic diseases still represent a burden and a threat to human health. Among a myriad of parasitic diseases, those transmitted ...

Affected populations: Babesiosis is a rare and potentially fatal parasitic disease that destroys red blood cells, the cells that supply tissues with oxygen from the lungs. The disease, which is spread ...

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, ...

Experts call for better screening methods for donor blood after a study found the babesia parasite has infected at least 159 Americans Ticks, whose bite has long been known to spread potentially ...

Nobody likes ticks. Well, maybe some scientists who study them do. But civilians and people concerned with public health really are not fans. Cases of babesiosis are found mostly in the Northeast and ...

Prime tick season is approaching, and those creepy little arachnids are carrying all sorts of diseases, including a rare one that’s becoming more prominent: Annual reported cases of babesiosis—a ...

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 ...

It was sometime after the New Year when, feeling better but hardly well after initial treatment for Lyme disease, that I drove a mile down my hill for a latte at Starbucks and my appointment with my ...

Symptoms can be worse if you're elderly, no longer have your spleen, or have a health condition or take medications that weaken your immune system. If you notice any of these symptoms, see your doctor ...