How to Remove a Tick
If a tick is removed within 24 hours, the chances of it transmitting Lyme disease or other infections are less.
Not all tick removal methods are safe. Certain removal methods may increase your chances of contracting Lyme disease.
Safe Tick RemovalPress release: August 28th, 2013 Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation withdraws endorsement of the Complex Chronic Disease Program at the BC... View Article
Healthcare Infection, 08/21/2013 Clinical Article Kassavin DS et al. – A review of the incidence of Clostridium. difficile infection (CDI) at... View Article
This is a copy of a letter I was asked by Marie Hughes to write on her behalf. It was... View Article
“It’s official. A March 2012 study confirmed that the tick that spreads lyme disease has been infiltrating Canada for the... View Article
ATLANTA August 19, 2013 (AP) By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Lyme disease is about 10 times more common... View Article
R.A. Elsner, S.W. Barthold, N. Baumgarth http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466613003542 Graduate Group in Microbiology and the Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California-Davis,... View Article
To date in my “Ticks” series, we have learned from leading global experts that tick-borne illnesses (including Lyme disease) are... View Article
The number of black-legged ticks in southeastern Manitoba is on the rise, which has led to a surge in the... View Article
Much of the controversy over Lyme disease centers on the patients who experience chronic illness. When Lyme is caught late,... View Article
Bret S. Stetka, MD Background and Biomarkers AD is an epidemic, affecting over 5 million Americans and nearly 40 million... View Article
An 8-year-old female elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) cow, presented for chronic severe weight loss and unthriftiness, was diagnosed with Babesia odocoilei... View Article
The Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato), must cause persistent, disseminated infection to be maintained in the natural enzootic cycle. In... View Article
A Saratoga County resident is recovering from a rare but emerging illness carried by deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease,... View Article
The Sudbury & District Health Unit is urging people to take precautions to prevent against tick bites after a blacklegged... View Article
Manitoba has seen an increase in Lyme disease in recent years with 16 confirmed or probable cases in 2012, up... View Article
Lyme borreliosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Bartonella, tularemia, and more recently, Borrelia miyamotoi (a distant relative of... View Article
