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Thousands of ticks gathered from Meramec State Park for investigation of tick-borne diseases
The investigation into tick-borne diseases at Meramec State Park is expected to take several months, health officials said. Thousands of ticks were collected from the park in June and shipped to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for …
Lyme Disease Cases Spike in Wisconsin
Lyme disease, one of the most common tick-borne illnesses, is on the rise — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say there may be as many as 300,000 cases of the infection per year in the United States, though many of these could go undetected.
Beware of Tick-Borne Diseases
Different tick-borne diseases are caused by different micro-organisms and in New Jersey the most common are Lyme disease, Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Rocky Mt. spotted fever, and Babesiosis. Anyone who is bitten by an infected tick may get a tick-borne …
Editorial: Swift action needed on tick-borne illnesses
This year was expected to be a particularly bad year for tick-borne illnesses because of climate conditions favorable to the mice and deer that help spread the disease. Each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lyme disease …
Lyme disease vaccine is fast-tracked for FDA approval
Calls to the Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center at Southampton Hospital, for example, jumped 46.6 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to the hospital’s website. The CDC defines Lyme as the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the United States.
Pennsylvania Lyme disease problem intensifies; 900 treated in Lancaster, Lebanon in 2 months
WellSpan Health doctors have treated more than 900 patients in Lancaster and Lebanon counties for Lyme disease in the last two months … “We know that mosquito and tick-borne illnesses are part of living in Pennsylvania,” the state’s acting secretary …
Lyme disease treatments may be outdated
Lyme Action Network president Christina Fisk believes there’s a lot of ignorance surrounding Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. When it comes to tick bites, Fisk says, the treatment guidelines used by the majority of medical practitioners are …