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They’ve faced asthma, allergies and Lyme disease — meet the teens who are suing Canada over climate change
[CanLyme Note: This may just be the start of class action lawsuits. The next will likely be over the dangerous and... View Article
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A Multiple Streams Approach to Understanding the Issues and Challenges of Lyme Disease Management in Canada’s Maritime Provinces
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May; 16(9): 1531. Published online 2019 Apr 30. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091531 Mario Levesque and Matthew Klohn Abstract This... View Article
Canadian Cycling Magazine: Ticks and Lyme disease: What you need to know
With tick-borne illnesses on the rise in many parts of Canada, prevention is key for cyclists riding through the forest... View Article
Parenting When Children Have Lyme Disease: Fear, Frustration, Advocacy
Emilie M. Gaudet 1 , Odette N. Gould 1,*, Vett Lloyd 2 1 Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1C7... View Article
Global TV News: Why Lyme disease is on the rise, explained
[CanLyme Note: Both AIDS and Lyme disease arose as an issue in the late 1970’s with the first case of... View Article
HOUSE ORDERS PENTAGON TO REVEAL WHETHER IT TURNED TICKS INTO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Lyme disease expert champions investigation into Pentagon weaponizing ticks: ‘It’s a courageous move’ July 21st, 2019 Kris Newby, author... View Article
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned ticks and insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released them... View Article
Newfoundland, Canada: Case of tick borne Powassun virus with polio-like outcome.
“Evidence of a Powassan virus infection affecting the spinal cord has, until now, only been seen in mouse studies. But... View Article
Ontario, Canada: Rare tick spotted in London raises concerns about potential illnesses
Celine Moreau, CTV London Published Thursday, June 27, 2019 3:34PM EDT A rare tick has been found in London,... View Article
Ottawa mom warns parents to check their kids for ticks after her toddler is diagnosed with Lyme disease
[CanLyme Note: It is nice to hear that the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) ‘may’ be actually taking this seriously... View Article
TICKED OFF Deadly ticks carrying Ebola-like Congo fever ‘found in UK after spreading across Europe’
June 19th, 2019 A TICK capable of carrying killer Ebola-like viruses has been found in the UK after spreading across... View Article
Death of Hampton man with rare tick-borne virus probed
[CanLyme Note: Powassan virus was first reported in Powassan, Ontario, Canada in 1958. (McLean DM, McQueen EJ, Petite HE, MacPherson LW, Scholten... View Article
CTV News, London ON: Lyme disease devastation Pt. 2
Listen to researcher John Scott’s warning that physician knowledge needs to improve relative to Lyme disease. Watch news clip
Lyme disease at the forefront during New Brunswick roundtable tick discussion
Global News “Our public healthcare system should be dealing with this appropriately and it’s not clearly, and it needs to,”... View Article
Listen to Dr. Ralph Hawkins discuss Lyme disease on CBC radio in New Brunswick.
Fredericton, NB: Dr. Ralph Hawkins is a Calgary physician and one of this country’s leading voices in the fight against... View Article
Long time Lyme disease patient advocate warns Nova Scotians about ticks and medical practices
[CanLyme Note: Here we are in 2019 and doctors are still telling patients not to worry about a tick attachment. Ticks... View Article