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Canadian’s: Take Control of the Lyme Research Agenda – join webcast October 12th
posted October 2nd, 2016 From Mount Allison University, Take control of the Lyme research agenda Mount Allison University, with the... View Article
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YOU CAN’T COUNT ON TESTING OF ENGORGED TICKS
A recent study published in the Journal of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases examined the prevalence of ticks in the Quebec... View Article
Same Tick, Different Disease: Vermont Health Dept. Warns Of Rise Of Anaplasmosis
[CanLyme Note: Canadian cases of anaplasmosis are on the rise as well] By MITCH WERTLIEB, LIAM CONNORS SEP 28, 2016... View Article
Global Antibiotic Stewardship Denies Native Americans Lyme Treatment Options
Posted September 28th, 2016 Written by Jenna Luché-Thayer Author info: Bio – Jenna Luché-Thayer’s expertise includes government transparency and accountability and... View Article
Canadian Press – Lyme disease: Patients living in ‘medical limbo’ push for federal strategy
Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press, posted September 11, 2016 Lack of awareness, diagnosis and treatment by doctors a problem in... View Article
Steroid Use Questioned for Common Lyme Disease Manifestation
[CanLyme Note: Facial palsy, Bell’s Palsy, is not as common in Lyme patients as reported. It is easily recognized making those... View Article
CanLyme director responds to Canadian Medical Association Journal article
Response to Doctors Gregson and Quach Robert G. Murray, DDS, Director, CanLyme Re: “The Lyme law” Zubek, 187:520-521doi:10.1503/cmaj.115-0029 The problem... View Article
Exotic ticks appear to be establishing themselves in Alaska
Alaska Dispatch News Monday, August 29th, 2016 While Alaskans have long endured dense mosquitoes and frigid air, we’ve always had the... View Article
Lyme Patients Challenge CDC, Reports the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While Zika is grabbing headlines as an emerging disease, another arthropod-borne condition,... View Article
Black-legged ticks found at Riding Mountain National Park
[CanLyme Note: “Officials aren’t ready yet to sound the alarms”… here we are in 2016 and Health Canada still refuses to... View Article
Tick study gets ‘astonishing’ local response
John Ferro, Poughkeepsie Journal Photo by Sophia Raithel When the scientists behind an ambitious tick studybegan their work in April, they... View Article
Study cites Powassan link to long-term Lyme symptoms
August 14th, 2016 By Cynthia McCormick Scientists at a Wisconsin laboratory say they suspect persistent cases of Lyme disease may... View Article
How Lyme disease almost ended one doctor’s life
Aug 15th, Fox News : Dr. Neil Spector’s Lyme story on “Fox and Friends”
Massachusetts, USA: Insurance Coverage for Lyme Treatment Becomes Law
Alex Elvin, August 11, 2016 6:40 pm The state legislature has adopted a new bill requiring insurance companies to cover... View Article
Toronto, Canada: Prevention and understanding key to dealing with Lyme disease in Ontario
Aug. 11, 2016, East York Mirror by Tara Hatherly Canadian government’s framework on Lyme disease in the works As the... View Article
First Record of Ixodes affinis Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Collected from a Migratory Songbird in Canada
Scott, et al. Published June 30th, 2016 Abstract Migratory songbirds transport hard-bodied ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) into Canada during northward spring... View Article