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Lyme disease vaccine Phase 2 study slated for second half of 2018

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In a follow-up on the progress on French company, Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine candidate VLA15, the company expects to launch a Phase 2 study in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory...

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Indiana: Deer ticks found in increased numbers in the southern part of the state

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Indiana University (IU) researchers say they have detected increased numbers of the ticks that carry Lyme disease in Southern Indiana. The organisms, deer ticks, are not yet confirmed to carry Lyme...

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FDA issues warning to Utah company over unapproved Lyme disease product

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Results RNA, LLC of Orem, UT was issued a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month over a number of unapproved/misbranded new drugs sold, including one for Lyme disease, where serious...

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Reps. Smith, Peterson push new, historic Lyme Disease legislation

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Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN), the co-chairs of the Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus, are pushing bipartisan legislation to create a new national strategy for Lyme disease and strengthen...

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LymeAid 2018 Raises $1.1 Million for Lyme Disease Research

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the United States,  brought together scientists, philanthropists, celebrities and patients for the sixth annual LymeAid, an event...

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New Hampshire: Lyme Disease Awareness Month proclaimed by Gov Sununu

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On Friday, May 18, 2018, Governor Christopher T. Sununu proclaimed May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month in New Hampshire. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness, as an estimated 200,000-400,000...

A new grant from Centers for Disease Control to the Massachusetts public health department will subsidize the cost of tick testing for state residents at a UMass Amherst's lab. Years of statewide surveillance through its tick testing program have given public health officials a better picture of the tick-borne disease situation in the state. Image/UMass Amherst

Lyme disease: Massachusetts researchers receive CDC grant for tick testing

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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that warns of a recent surge of tick-borne disease incidence in the United States was no surprise to Massachusetts State Public...

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Wisconsin reports more than 4,000 Lyme disease cases in 2017, most ever in one year

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Wisconsin health officials are encouraging residents to take care to avoid tick and mosquito bites as the weather gets warmer. Both ticks and mosquitoes can transmit various illnesses. Lyme disease, which...

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Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

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Lyme disease season is here. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States, and 300,000 Americans...

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Wisconsin: 40 percent of ticks collected in Eau Claire are infected with Lyme bacteria

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According to the  Eau Claire City-County Health Department, more than 40% of deer/bear ticks collected in Eau Claire area parks  were infected with the Lyme disease bacteria. In 2014, the Health Department...