• Fears of ‘Wild West’ as COVID-19 blood tests hit the market

    Fears of ‘Wild West’ as COVID-19 blood tests hit the market

    Apr 12, 2020 03:49 PM EDT

    ... look for blood proteins called antibodies, which the body produces days or weeks after fighting an infection. The same approach is used for HIV, hepatitis, Lyme disease, lupus and many other diseases. Because of the relative simplicity of the technology, the Food and Drug Administration decided to waive initial review ...

  • Asian Americans report rise in racist attacks amid pandemic

    Asian Americans report rise in racist attacks amid pandemic

    Apr 01, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Chinese virus. And I mean it. That's where it came from. You know, if you look at Ebola, if you look at all -- or Lyme, right, Lyme, Connecticut, you look at all these different horrible diseases, they seem to come with a name, with a location. And this was ...

  • Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

    Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

    Feb 20, 2020 03:25 PM EDT

    ... their own models. Google is now working with Brownstein's team on a similar web-based approach for tracking the geographical spread of tick-borne Lyme disease.Scientists are also using big data to model possible routes of early disease transmission. In early January, Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease physician ...

  • UK to offer Brexit 'compromise' to EU

    UK to offer Brexit 'compromise' to EU

    Oct 02, 2019 01:16 PM EDT

    ... claims have not dented his popularity among many Conservatives. "We don't need Saint Boris, thank you," said Jean Chesworth, a delegate from Newcastle-under-Lyme in central England. "We're none of us saints. We can all look at the skeletons in our cupboards." She said the speech was ...

  • 2020 candidates descend on New Hampshire to woo voters

    2020 candidates descend on New Hampshire to woo voters

    Sep 06, 2019 03:59 PM EDT

    ... think a lot of people are being careful to not seem like they've committed too early," said Deb Bacon Nelson, chairwoman of the Hanover/Lyme town Democrats, who endorsed Clinton in 2016. Biden has secured the backing of establishment figures like former Gov. John Lynch. But since announcing his ...

  • Self-cloning Asian tick causing worry in New Jersey

    Self-cloning Asian tick causing worry in New Jersey

    May 26, 2018 06:06 PM EDT

    ... witnessed the introduction of Zika and West Nile viruses in the U.S., Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Southwestern Europe, and the continuous emergence of Lyme disease throughout the Northeast of the U.S. and central Europe. Ticks are the most important vectors for infectious diseases in the Northern Hemisphere ...

  • The problem with overusing antibiotics

    The problem with overusing antibiotics

    Mar 29, 2018 02:16 PM EDT

    ... a death sentence. Then, in 1928, Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and soon, antibiotics were widely prescribed to treat everything from strep throat to Lyme disease. But less than a century later, the global overuse of antibiotics has led to a rise in resistance to the drugs, along with ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 12, 2017

    PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 12, 2017

    Sep 12, 2017 11:37 PM EDT

    Tuesday on the NewsHour, Hurricane Irma leaves flooding and more than half of Florida without power as recovery begins. Also: Rep. Mark Meadows on the divisions in the Republican Party, the latest in the Russian election meddling investigation, combating Lyme disease with genetic engineering, retraining coal miners for new careers ...

  • St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients

    St. Kitts launches probe of herpes vaccine tests on U.S. patients

    Sep 02, 2017 07:23 PM EDT

    ... said it was unlikely she or any other official would call back because “the press release spoke for itself.” WATCH NEXT: Dogs can get a Lyme disease vaccine. Why can’t humans? American scientists called for more rigorous clinical trial oversight in the wake of Nazi atrocities involving human experiments ...

  • PBS NewsHour full episode June 28, 2017

    PBS NewsHour full episode June 28, 2017

    Jun 28, 2017 11:42 PM EDT

    Wednesday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans scramble to make changes on their health care bill to win enough votes. Also: New poll numbers reveal what the nation thinks about the Trump administration, a massive cyberattack spreads throughout the globe, why there is still no vaccine for Lyme disease and a ...