Hacker News with Generative AI: Lyme Disease

New studies offer insight into Lyme disease’s treatment, lingering symptoms (news.northwestern.edu)
Northwestern scientists have identified an antibiotic that cures Lyme disease at a fraction of the dosage of the current “gold standard” treatment and discovered what may cause a treated infection to mimic chronic illness in patients.
The antibiotic that takes the bite out of Lyme (news.northwestern.edu)
Scientists from Northwestern University have identified that piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment.
Ötzi the Lyme Mummy (2019) (vetmed.illinois.edu)
Brrrr! It’s a chilly day here in Illinois with all the wind. I’m not complaining however. Can you imagine being frozen in a glacier for thousands of years and suffer from Lyme disease?! Whew, I can’t image that ever actually happening to anyone.
How to prevent Lyme disease this summer (news.harvard.edu)