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Tick season is here: How to avoid them
SAN DIEGO — County health officials Friday issued tips for residents to avoid tick bites, noting that tick season has begun in the region. While tick-borne illnesses are rare … They can spread illnesses such as Lyme disease, which can cause …
Bay Area Lyme Foundation Sees Turning Point for Lyme Disease in 2017
With the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appointing Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s Wendy Adams, research grant director, to its Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, we are optimistic that this will assist in making Lyme disease easy to …
“Get Ticked Off” by the facts and help combat Lyme
neighbors and family members in our communities are suffering with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases (TBD). Or were misdiagnosed over and over again. Or have put their lives on hold as they seek an effective treatment. To increase awareness, educate the …
Master Gardening: Reducing your risk to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
Do you know someone diagnosed with Lyme disease? Pennsylvania has reported more Lyme diseases during the past five years than any other state. Because of this, I am sure you would like to increase your knowledge of ticks and reduce your risk of Lyme …
Tick-borne illnesses, including Lyme disease, on the rise in Alabama
The Alabama Department of Public Health reports that several common tick-borne illnesses have been on the rise in Alabama in recent years, even illnesses thought to be uncommon in Alabama such as Lyme disease. Ticks of Alabama: How to remove, avoid them …
A little-known tick-borne infection could have permanent or fatal consequences
“Chances are that if you get bitten by a tick and you get a tick-borne disease, it’ll be Lyme,” Tokarz said. The CDC estimates that 300,00 people get infected by Lyme disease every year, but Lyme can be treated and it usually takes hours or days for a …
‘Miserable’ tick-borne Lyme disease up in Lake County
While once considered rare, Lyme disease is on the rise in Lake County. From 2003 to 2005, the average annual number of reported and confirmed cases stood at 6.7 reports. From 2012 to 2016, Lake County is averaging 27 cases a year , according to the …
Be Very Afraid of Ticks
Midwesterners have Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and powassan to deal with. And out West, tick-borne diseases are less common, but they run the gamut: People bitten by ticks can come down with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplosmosis, Lyme, tularemia …
Experts warn of potentially deadly tick-borne illness similar to Lyme disease
Every year in the United States, there are at least 20,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease, a painful but treatable tick-borne illness. But now, experts are warning of a faster-acting, untreatable and potentially fatal sickness called Powassan virus that …