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Ontario Public Health's latest figures show 60 confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the province so far this year.

Researchers are racing to learn more about how to diagnose and treat the controversial illness, chronic Lyme disease.

Finding similarities between post-infectious illnesses could lead to better treatments | Science & technology

/PRNewswire/ -- Lyme Disease Association Inc. (LDA) will hold its 22nd annual scientific conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: Research & Clinical...

When Reema Shah was 13 years old, she became plagued by a mysterious suite of symptoms: rashes, brain fog, fatigue. Her exhaustion was so extreme that walking up stairs would

Chronic pain, fatigue, rashes: As tick territories are expanding, so too are the number of illnesses they cause.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded five projects for research to better understand Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS), which is a collection of symptoms, such as pain, fatigue, and difficulty thinking or "brain fog," which linger following standard treatment for Lyme disease.

Lyme disease researchers are investigating combination therapy to address "persister" bacteria and diagnostic tests that test directly for the pathogen and/or indirectly test for host response.

Researchers are looking to "understand the epidemiology and pathogenesis of chronic symptoms, and identify more effective ways to manage, treat, and potentially cure these illnesses."

Lyme disease doc details chronic patient struggles. From PR Week