The Star-Tribune reports that black-legged ticks have been detected in all metro counties in Minnesota for the past several years. Read More »
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NEWS: BBC Wales profiles leader of Lyme activist group
07
JUL
2010
The TV show "X-Ray," a consumer affairs program produced by BBC Wales, profiles the founder of Borreliosis & Associated Diseases Awareness UK, also known as BADA-UK. Read More »
OPINION: "Most doctors couldn’t identify a case of Lyme if it bit them in the face."
07
JUL
2010
A writer in Philadelphia Weekly asks: When will Pennsylvania, one of the states affected most by Lyme, stop doing so little about it? Read More »
NEWS: "B.C. dogs get better Lyme treatment than people"
06
JUL
2010
In the British Columbia newspaper the Times Colonist, David Cubberly of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation says he hopes the Lyme treatment currently available to Canadian dogs will one day be made available to Canadian people. Read More »
NEWS: "As Lyme disease spreads, so does dispute on how to treat it"
04
JUL
2010
As Lyme disease cases increase in Wisconsin, a Madison newspaper delves into the confusion and controversy surrounding the issue. Read More »
NEWS: Massachusetts governor signs Lyme doctor protection law
02
JUL
2010
The governor of Massachusetts has signed a bill providing protection to doctors who prescribe long term antibiotics for Lyme disease. The new law gives doctors discretion to diagnose and treat according to their best clinical judgment. Read More »
NEWS: Recall of three IV drugs; at least two of them may be used by Lyme patients
29
JUN
2010
A voluntary recall of three IV drugs has been announced. Two of the drugs are antibiotics sometimes used by Lyme patients--metronidazole (Flagyl) and Ciprofloxacin (Cipro). Read More »
NEWS: Canadian golf course officials find tree teeming with ticks; harbinger of things to come?
29
JUN
2010
"We were examining the tree for a type of beetle that's chewing at the leaves and the next thing I know we were picking ticks off each other," Scott said. "The leaves were just coated with them." He estimated there were upwards of 1,000 recently hatched... Read More »
PUBLICATION: "A Diagnostic Dilemma" in Nurse Practitioner journal
24
JUN
2010
Lyme specialist Virginia Savely, DNP, writes about the complexities of diagnosing Lyme disease in the latest issue of Nurse Practitioner journal Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency
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