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Lyme disease may surge this year in the northeastern United States and is already spreading into Canada from a confluence of factors including acorns, mice and the climate.The illness is transmitted from mice and deer to humans via bites from the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis , usually in forested areas. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States.

America's obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and it shows no sign of reversing course.

Student debt reformer Alan Collinge has brought a clear set of demands--and little patience for general assembly dickering--to Occupy Wall Street. He belongs to a large--but not unified--contingent of pragmatic policy wonks in the movement.

As many as 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia among adults over 60 years of age.

As many as 35 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia among adults over 60 years of age. That figure could reach 115 million by 2050 , concludes the nonprofit Alzheimer's Disease International .

A vaccine originally intended to prevent cervical cancer in girls should be given to boys as well, an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today (Oct. 25). The panel voted to recommend the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine be given to boys ages 11 to 12.

From drinkable rainwater to preventing suicide, India's ideas competition--powered by the country's largest automaker--is driving new innovations to "help India rise." India is a fast-growing developing nation, but the country still faces plenty of challenges, including contaminated drinking water, polluted air, and a lack of infrastructure.

Russ Mitchell talks with Consumer Reports senior program editor, Nancy Metcalf, and Prevention Magazine contributing editor, Dr.

The death toll from listeriosis infections linked to contaminated cantaloupes is expected to rise in the coming weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today. So far, the outbreak has sickened 72 people and killed at least 13, the CDC said.

Russ Mitchell and Nancy Cordes are quizzed by Prevention Magazine Contributing Editor Dr. Holly Miller about the differences between allergies and the common cold.

In a recent GOP debate, Michelle Bachman alleged that the HPV vaccine caused mental retardation in one girl. Russ Mitchell spoke with Prevention magazine Contributing Editor Dr.

Some Michigan hospitals are making flu shots and other vaccines mandatory for employees. The flu shot or the pink slip? This year that will be the choice for some Michigan health care workers

Last year 10 children died in California in the worst whooping cough outbreak to sweep the state since 1947. In the first six months of 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 10 measles outbreaks--the largest of which (21 cases) occurred in a Minnesota county, where many children were unvaccinated because of parental concerns about the safety of the standard MMR vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella. At least seven infants in the county who were too young to receive the MMR vaccine were infected.

To scale up a knowledge-based business, it's necessary to take yourself out of the equation. Here's one solution for how to grow your business. One of the most common questions I get from business owners comes from people who sell their expertise for a living

When the AIDS epidemic first surfaced in the U.S.