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by Jacquelyn Kauffman, Washington University in St. Louis On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, PhD, and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, PhD, flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St.... Read More »

by Washington State University Tick season is here, along with the increased danger of Lyme disease, and it turns out the tiny arachnids are even tougher than scientists previously thought. A recent study in Ecological Monographs shows blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are... Read More »

Melissa Bell, of the Florida Lyme Disease Association, is among those interviewed in a recent TV news story about Lyme disease. She spoke about how difficult it was to get Lyme testing when her then-11 year old son first became ill. Reporter Renata Di Gregorio,  of First Coast... Read More »

May 22-26 was “Tick Week” at News Center Maine, an NBC-affiliated TV station in Portland, Maine. Reporter Vivian Leigh filed the following daily stories: May 22: New ticks species and pathogens expanding into Maine So far this year, the Maine Center for Disease Control and... Read More »

Siri, a 17-year-old Nordic ski racer from Vermont, has suffered from chronic Lyme disease since she was a young child. She has undergone a variety of treatments, and her health has had its ups and downs through the years.. She’s featured in My Body Odyssey, a podcast about the... Read More »

The US Department of Agriculture has conditionally licensed an oral Lyme vaccine that targets mice. The substance is sprayed onto pellets and distributed in natural settings to be consumed by mice in the wild. That vaccinates the mice against Lyme bacteria, so they will not pass... Read More »

Dr. John Aucott, Director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center, recently delivered an overview of Lyme and other tick-borne disease research. You can watch a replay of his presentation below. What follows is the introduction to Dr. Aucott by Shireen Rusby, one of the... Read More »

The first Texas screening of the Lyme documentary will take place Sunday, May 21, in Richardson, TX. After the film, Dr. Bruce Patterson of IncellDX will discuss chronic inflammation. The event is sponsored by the Texas Lyme Alliance. Additional screenings continue to be held... Read More »

Maine health officials have confirmed a fatal case of Powassan virus disease in a Sagadahoc County resident. The man developed neurologic symptoms and died while in the hospital after becoming infected, likely in Maine. This is the first case of the tick-borne illness identified... Read More »