Lyme disease

The state has seen an increase in illnesses including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people who live and visit the state to avoid tick bites as data indicates the state has either broken records for certain tick-borne illnesses or is on track to break them. In a news release sent to media on Thursday, the agency said officials said four cases of Powassan virus…

Now entering late-stage clinical trials, the vaccine could be approved as soon as 2025.

There are currently no approved vaccines for Lyme Disease, but that could soon change.

Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat.

Pfizer has partnered with a Maine health care system to conduct the third phase of a Lyme disease clinical trial to test the efficacy of the company’s vaccine. The trial, held at Northern Light Health system in Brewer, will span over 13 months and require patients to take two shots two months apart. In March, the patients will need to…

Ticks are known to spread various diseases through bites, and these are the recommendations from the CDC to prevent them.

The University of Maine’s tick lab found that a higher percentage of ticks tested positive for the pathogen that causes Lyme disease last year than the previous year. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab said recently that the rate of infection for Lyme disease grew by almost 6%. The 2021 rate was a little more than 42% while…

This year may be bringing the perfect storm when it comes to deer tick numbers and the danger of Lyme disease and some other scary illnesses the nasty little bloodsuckers bring.

Rhode Island health and environmental officials are urging residents to take precautions this summer to prevent contact with the ticks that cause Lyme disease. A relatively mild winter during which many more ticks than usual have likely survived until spring means that 2021 may be a bad year for ticks and the transmission of tick-borne diseases, the state’s departments of…

We are in the midst of one of the worst tick seasons ever. Experts have advice to protect yourself and your pets from the Lyme disease-carrying pests.

It’s tick season, and some doctors in New Hampshire are fielding more calls in the last two months than ever before. While the blood-sucking, disease-carrying arachnids are a problem every year, Dr. Matthew Mitschele says this season, ticks seem to be hitching a ride and grabbing a meal on humans at a higher rate. “Over the last month or...

Public health authorities in Maine expect a very active tick season this year and are advising residents and visitors take precautions. Health care providers reported more than 1,100 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme disease to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020. That was a lower number than the record year that preceded it, but Maine…

Amy Schumer is being treated for Lyme disease.

Bella Hadid is opening up about her health. The 23-year-old model took to Instagram Stories Aug. 25 and reshared a graphic by “Palestine on a Plate” author Joudie Kalla about lyme disease, which she has openly grappled with for years. “The truth. The invisible disease…” Hadid wrote underneath a list of symptoms, which included headache, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain,…

A bill that establishes a commission to study the limitations of current testing for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses and available treatment has been signed into law by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. The commission also will look at appropriate methods for educating physicians and the public about the inconclusive nature of prevailing test methods and available treatment alternatives….

Jamie Cantoni is walking through a dirt path. She is on a mission. Her entire body is covered in tick-repellent clothing. A white cloth drags behind her. Every several feet, she inspects the cloth closely. “That is a female deer tick,” she says as she holds up the cloth. Cantoni is a research assistant at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station…

Maine reported a record number of Lyme disease cases last year, and the number could rise as data continues to trickle in, officials said Thursday. There were at least 2,079 cases in 2019, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported.It’s too early to say why the numbers grew last year. The numbers underscore the importance of taking precautions…

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the pop star wrote that “it’s been a rough couple years but (I’m) getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever.”

U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increase from the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Wednesday. Lyme disease accounted for nearly three-quarters of the illnesses. That’s about 43,000 cases. Traditionally about 30,000 cases of...