Teens may have found a new way to detect Lyme disease | 60 Minutes Archive

The CDC says Lyme disease is emerging beyond the regions where it has historically been considered endemic. In 2025, 60 Minutes' Bill Whitaker reported on high school students researching a new way to detect and treat the disease. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel:    / 60minutes   Watch full episodes: https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/full-e... Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram:   / 60minutes   Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook:   / 60minutes   Follow "60 Minutes" on X:   / 60minutes   Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-0... For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com