Lyme Disease News

After a spectacular opening act with the "Halloween snowstorm," this season's winter has mostly been a no-show. The warm snap has been a boon to the town's public works department, and for energy savings - but the trade-off could be a bumper crop of ticks later this year.

The hottest ticket around right now is a campsite reservation at Wildcat Camp at Point Reyes National Seashore.

The Poconos is in a bull's eye of high-risk areas for contracting Lyme disease, according to a newly released map.

A once vibrant 14-year-old is often too sick to get out of bed. Her health has been off and on like that for nearly two years.

John Lundy reported in the February 4th edition of the Duluth New Tribune that hikers and campers in the Arrowhead next spring may encounter the tick which carries Lyme disease and other pathogens.

Are you kidding me not coloring in the Cape on your Lyme disease map ? Was that put out by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce? Everyone down here knows the Cape is a very dangerous area for a lot of different types of tick-borne diseases.

Whoa! Lyme Disease is a perennial problem for equestrians, farm staffers, outdoor sports participants and others that spend plenty of time enjoying nature.

Horses, humans and other mammals may face increased risks of Lyme Disease infection in certain regions of the United States, according to medical findings published this month.

A The study, published in theA February issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, details where Lyme disease seems to be spreading and highlights the alarming rate at which ticks are infected with the bacteria that causes it.

An extensive field study has identified areas of the U.S. where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, according to the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention .

In one of The Lethbridge Herald's weekly "Public Professor" columns last September, University of Lethbridge environmental science professor Dan Johnson raised a serious environmental issue.

"It used to be that if you step south of Superior, Wis., or you go down on 35 toward Moose Lake in the sandy areas, you're going to have a high risk, but if you go here in Duluth or north of Duluth, up the North Shore, you're going to have less of a risk," said Dr.

This map released by the Yale School of Public Health recently, indicates areas where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease.

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GoodA news for deer hunters in the Cornfield, the risk of lyme disease isA low. The Hoosier State's denizens are big on taking bows and arrows andA of course shotguns out in the woods and traisping around or sitting in aA blind for hours to find the perfect buck, the perfect rack.

The Northeast and upper Midwest are hardest hit by black-legged deer ticks, shown in this file photo, which carry Lyme disease.

Researchers who dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map pinpointing the highest-risk areas for Lyme disease.

Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease.

Last IV treatment with a visit from Mona's friend Yael, who threw a fundraiser to help pay for some of Mona's medical bills in May 2011 After six years of wrestling with one of the most controversial and debilitating illnesses in modern history, Mona Motwani has successfully beat Lyme disease .

Researchers who dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map pinpointing the highest-risk areas for Lyme disease.