Popular Shrub Linked to Rising Rates of Lyme Disease in Ticks

Why did Matt Dawson undergo heart surgery and how long has England Rugby World Cup winner been a team captain …
The Sun
How is he raising awareness about Lyme disease? Dawson has joined up with the Big Tick Project to raise awareness about tick-borne diseases in the UK. He said: "I'm still on medication and its going to take a lot of time for the heart to fully recover.

Ticks and mosquitoes cause diseases
Batesville Herald Tribune
Signs and symptoms include fever, rash, headache, muscle aches and dead tissue in a wound. It can also cause anemia, a decreased platelet count and increased liver enzymes. "This is the most dangerous tick-borne illness, and we are seeing an upward …

Tick-borne disease in Maine, part II: Two standards of care
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription)
With an increase in cases of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, patients are reporting a variance in how they are or are not being treated. Why? The simple answer is that there are two standards of care; however, the reality is that it's far more …

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Ticks and the diseases they carry
HuffPost
White-footed mice are reservoirs for the bacteria that cause Lyme, and when the tick larvae (smaller than a pin head) and nymphs (size of a poppy seed) feed on infected mice, the bacteria enter the tick's digestive tract. These infected ticks then find …

Forum at FLCC delivers the latest on Lyme disease
MPNnow.com
“The notion of being persistently infected is not the case,” argued Ostrander during a panel discussion at Tuesday's forum on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases at Finger Lakes Community College. Countering that view was panelist Holly Ahern, associate …
Helming Leads Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases ForumLansing Star
Lyme Disease Diagnostic Market with Current Trends Analysis, 2013 – 2019LANews By Abhishek Budholiya (press release) (blog)

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Tick-borne disease in Maine: Two standards of care
Wiscasset Newspaper
With an increase in Lyme and tick-borne cases, patients are reporting a variance in how they are or are not being treated. Why? The simple answer is that there are two standards of care, however, the reality is that it's far more complicated than that …
Fall is deer tick seasonTower Timberjay News
Ticks Are Tougher, Nastier Than You ThoughtInfectious Disease Special Edition

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Popular Shrub Linked to Rising Rates of Lyme Disease in Ticks
NECN
A state scientist says a popular shrub sold at some nurseries and big box stores across Connecticut is being blamed for a rise in the tick population, which is causing an increase in Lyme disease cases in the state. State scientists reported the rate …

Helming: Raise awareness of Lyme disease, tick-borne diseases
Auburn Citizen
These are all great things for individuals and families to do to prevent illnesses such as Lyme disease, but I couldn't help thinking that there is more that we as a society can and should do to prevent Lyme and other tick-borne diseases – a problem …
Field research aims to slow the spread of tick-borne illness across the MidwestPhys.Org
Health body warns many UK areas have high Lyme disease riskNew Scientist
Parent Musings: Lyme disease: Be aware and educatedWicked Local Hopkinton
Greenwich Free Press –HeraldScotland
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Tick-borne disease in Maine: Part I, statistical update
Republican Journal
For the next couple of weeks, my articles will be part of a series, "Tick-borne disease in Maine," and I will be taking focal areas of information and extracting it down into bite-size chunks. I will be covering areas that my readers have asked me to …

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