Microbiology research responds to medical student's critique of unproven alternative treatments. One-size-fits-all medical guidelines are not based on the full spectrum of evidence.

People are most susceptible to tick-borne infections during the summer, when they spend time outdoors. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease, but other tick-borne diseases are on the rise ...

Lyme disease can cause a rash that often looks like a bullseye pattern. The erythema migrans rash appears in 70% to 80% of people infected with Lyme disease. Lyme disease is not spread from person to ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing hand, foot and mouth and viral upper respiratory infections this week. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing strep throat, ...

SAN ANTONIO – Has your child recently had a mysterious rash that started on their cheeks? There’s a good chance it was caused by a virus known as fifth disease. It’s also known as “slapped cheek” ...

Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. If left untreated, there is a risk that a person could develop severe and long-lasting symptoms. A ...

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"If Callum hadn't broken out in a rash, I probably would've had a miscarriage and never known the reason why," says Louise Nelson ...

After getting diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson sydrome, Teddi Mellencamp spreads awareness about the rare skin condition to ...

Casey Gallagher, MD, is a dermatologist and clinical professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of Colorado Denver. Grover's disease is a rare skin condition that causes a severe ...