After screening nearly 500 FDA-approved compounds, researchers determined that piperacillin cured mice infected with Lyme disease at a dosage 100-fold lower than doxycycline.

The abrupt cancellation of grants by the Trump administration late last month has two public health officials who track diseases on the Island working in limbo. 

As alpha-gal syndrome rapidly spreads across the Vineyard, Island public health officials are hoping to gauge the public’s concern over the meat allergy and gather important information that could aid in future research.

In a new study, scientists say they found more infected ticks had fed on shrews, upending the common belief that white-footed mice were the main culprits.

In 2020, the hospital recorded just two confirmed cases of alpha-gal sensitivity. By 2022, the number had jumped to 77. This year, as of Sept. 30, the hospital had 365 positive cases.