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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the appointment of Robert Smith, MD, MPH, to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. He will fill the slot left vacant after Dr. Gary Wormser withdrew. (Wormser left the panel after widespread outcry from the Lyme... Read More »

National Geographic, January 19, 2018 by Joshua Rapp Learn Bloodsucking parasites that can carry deadly diseases create their own cement to glue themselves to our bodies, a new study says. Hard ticks—a family of 700 species that includes the Lyme-spreading deer tick—use... Read More »

Portland Press Herald, Jan.19, 2018: by Joe Lawlor Lyme disease and anaplasmosis soared to record highs in Maine last year, with experts saying the relatively warm fall probably contributed to the increase in tick-borne illnesses. Except for a slight downturn in 2015, reported... Read More »

The third meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group has been scheduled for February 12, 2018. It will take place from noon to 4 pm, Eastern Time (9 am to 1 pm, Pacific Time), and will be livestreamed for public viewing. According to the group’s website, “For this... Read More »

From Entomology Today, January 16, 2018: By Meredith Swett Walker If you ever find a tick before it finds you—that is when it’s still hanging out on vegetation hoping you’ll brush past it—you may notice the little bloodsucker waving its “arms in the air like it just don’t care.”... Read More »

Researchers at Philadelphia’s Drexel University College of Medicine have joined the fight against tick-borne diseases and are asking citizens throughout the US to send them ticks. Drexel’s Center for Advanced Microbial Processing (CAMP) has developed a state-of-the-art facility... Read More »

Pat Smith is the President of the Lyme Disease Association and was recently named to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The following blog is re-published from the LDA website. By Pat Smith The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) reports that the total number of CDC... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which held its first meetings in December, is moving forward with setting up subcommittees. Each subcommittee will take a deep look at a different subject matter area and present reports to the Working Group for its public... Read More »

From American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: An article in the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)’s AANA Journal, “Lyme Disease and Anesthesia Considerations,” discusses possible effects of anesthesia on Lyme disease patients undergoing surgery.    ... Read More »