Antibiotic regimens prospectively studied with little to no activity against anaerobic bacteria have uniformly performed well, while regimens containing metronidazole and doxycycline, which should ...

Doxycycline as an oral antibiotic is a human drug that is sometimes used to treat illnesses in dogs. Other than the gel form, which is approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for ...

The first human case of a rare tick-borne illness has been reported in Connecticut. The case also marks the first time ...

Taking a dose of the oral antibiotic doxycycline after a high-risk sexual encounter has dramatically reduced the incidence of ...

Rates of babesiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease sometimes referred to as “American malaria,” increased an average ...

Babesiosis, a tick-borne illness, is becoming more common in the U.S.

A 75-year-old Kerala man, who returned from Vietnam and Cambodia recently, has been diagnosed with a rare disease, Murine ...

A study from Cavite State University warns about the misuse of antibiotics on poultry, after batches of farm chickens in the ...

The HCI provides a new definition of human capital and quantifies the contribution of health and education to the productivity of the next generation of workers. Countries can use it to assess how ...