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Two Frogs Healing Center to Share About Microparticle Herbal … – The Daily Telescope

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Two Frogs Healing Center to Share About Microparticle Herbal … – The Daily Telescope

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Two Frogs Healing Center to Share About Microparticle Herbal …
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FREDERICK, Md. January 06, 2018 Two Frogs Healing Center, a natural treatment clinic for getting rid of persistent Lyme disease, will be hosting the Getting Rid of Lyme Disease Evening Lecture on Monday January 8th from 6pm – 9pm at the Frederick …

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New York: Gov Cuomo proposes Lyme working group, Wadsworth to work on improving diagnostics, treatment – Outbreak News Today

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New York: Gov Cuomo proposes Lyme working group, Wadsworth to work on improving diagnostics, treatment
Outbreak News Today
With tick-borne diseases on the rise in the Empire State–approximately 8,000 cases of Lyme disease, 700 cases of anaplasmosis, 400 cases of babesiosis, 100 cases of ehrlichiosis, and 30 cases of other tick-borne illnesses reported to the Department of …

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Lyme Disease Able to Survive 28-Day Antibiotic Treatment – Healthline

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Lyme Disease Able to Survive 28-Day Antibiotic Treatment
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So why do some people still suffer symptoms long after being treated for Lyme disease? That is the big question — one that researchers are trying to solve. In December, Shor spoke about the challenges of treating Lyme disease to the Tick-Borne Disease …

Morris Animal Foundation-funded study shows importance of wildlife … – EurekAlert (press release)

Morris Animal Foundation-funded study shows importance of wildlife …
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Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, have found that a decrease in wildlife populations causes an upsurge in local tick populations, potentially increasing the threat of infectious diseases …

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Lyme Connection launches fund-raising effort – The Ridgefield Press

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Lyme Connection launches fund-raising effort
The Ridgefield Press
Lyme Connection is a non-profit organization under the town of Ridgefield dedicated to preventing tick-borne diseases and providing support, information and resources to the greater Ridgefield community. It has provided education, prevention and …

Fundraiser to honor Newtown Twp. man who died of tick-borne illness – Bucks County Courier Times

Fundraiser to honor Newtown Twp. man who died of tick-borne illness
Bucks County Courier Times
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP — Friends of the late Jeff Naticchia will hold a fundraiser to benefit his family and the PA Lyme Resource Network from 6 to 10 p.m. Jan. 6 at Rose Bank Winery on Durham Road.Naticchia, 50, a township resident and Evesham, New Jersey …

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY | WAMC – WAMC

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY | WAMC
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A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of the 2018 session by Senator Susan Serino (R,

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Master Gardening: Reducing your risk to Lyme and other tick-borne … – York Daily Record/Sunday News

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Master Gardening: Reducing your risk to Lyme and other tick-borne …
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Do you know someone diagnosed with Lyme disease? Pennsylvania has reported more Lyme diseases during the past five years than any other state.
Tick watch: Beware of the bugs when temps are warm | News …Cabinet.com

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY

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Legislative Package To Fight Lyme Disease Introduced In NY
A package of state legislation aimed at fighting Lyme and tick-borne diseases is being introduced ahead of the 2018 session by Senator Susan Serino (R, Hyde Park), chairwoman of the Senate’s Lyme Task Force. She teamed up with Senator Kemp Hannon (R …

Marin hotbed of winter ticks, agency warns
While this tick is the primary vector of Lyme disease, it also has the ability to transmit other types of tick-borne diseases. The vector control district lab staff collects western black-legged ticks and tests them for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi …

“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 …

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Tick population on the rise in Butte County

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Tick population on the rise in Butte County
With the arrival of cool and wet weather, ticks that may be carrying Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases are becoming more active in Butte County. Increased populations of the Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus), sometimes referred to as …

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Tick season is here: How to avoid them

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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 …

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OUTDOORS COLUMN: Educate yourself about ticks and Lyme disease

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OUTDOORS COLUMN: Educate yourself about ticks and Lyme disease
Here In the eastern United States there are two main species of ticks which carry and spread Lyme disease. The deer tick or black legged tick spreads the disease in the north-central and eastern parts of the United States. Over the past 10 years or so …

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The Lowdown on Lyme Disease

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The Lowdown on Lyme Disease
Photo courtesy Fotolia/Maksim Shebeko Tick-borne Lyme disease continues to expand across North America while the search advances for better ways to cope with this emerging disease. In the future, a human vaccine, a fungus that lives in leaf mold …

Lyme disease prevention explored
League of Towns board members said they would continue exploring ways to combat tick-borne diseases at their January meeting. May said he would provide whatever information and assistance he could. “Lyme disease is a chronic disease, and it can do some …

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New Lyme Disease Tests Could Offer Quicker, More Accurate Detection

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New Lyme Disease Tests Could Offer Quicker, More Accurate Detection
“Improved tests will allow for earlier diagnosis which should improve patient outcomes.” Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in North America and Europe. There are currently over 300,000 cases of Lyme disease annually in the United …

New tests offer better chance for more accurate detection of Lyme disease
“Improved tests will allow for earlier diagnosis which should improve patient outcomes.” Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in North America and Europe. There are currently over 300,000 cases of Lyme disease annually in the United States …

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Huron Bruce MPP Wants Better Tracking Of Lyme Disease Carrying Ticks

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Huron Bruce MPP Wants Better Tracking Of Lyme Disease Carrying Ticks
Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson has tabled a Motion in the Ontario Legislature calling for improved data collection and surveillance for black-legged ticks, which carry Lyme disease. Thompson says tick populations are spreading, so enhanced and updated data …

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Conflicts of interest make Wormser wrong choice for Lyme panel

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Conflicts of interest make Wormser wrong choice for Lyme panel
The idea was to bring together a diverse set of stakeholders, including treating physicians, researchers, patients, advocates and government officials to help inform federal policy regarding Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The US Department of Health …

Another tick-borne disease to worry about
Medical researchers have previously described the tick-borne infection caused by A … merited a just-published report in the December 2017 issue of Lancet Infectious Disease. “This was the first confirmed case we have seen in Rogaland County …

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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme

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Tick-borne anaplasmosis surging in Maine – and it’s worse than Lyme
Reported cases of a tick-borne disease are swelling in Maine this year, but it’s not Lyme disease. Cases of anaplasmosis, an illness with flu-like symptoms that are similar to Lyme but typically more severe, have jumped from 52 a year in Maine five years …

From Lyme to Powassan: Tick-borne diseases in the US 2016
Tick-borne infections are a major infectious disease problem in the United States as we see the numbers increase each year and a geographical spread reported. Ticks are arachnids, like spiders, scorpions and mites, from the Class Arachnida. While most …

West Virginia reports increasing Lyme disease cases
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Tick-borne Lyme disease has spread across West Virginia over the past six years with cases reported in 52 of the state’s 55 counties, according to state health officials Most cases are reported in the northern and eastern …