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Virginia Tech researchers to study lingering Lyme disease symptoms, Awarded NIH grant

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institutes of Health awarded a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher $2.7 million to understand how the cell wall of the Lyme disease-causing pathogen makes...

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Maine reports record number of Lyme disease cases in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and Maine officials have issued a health advisory on Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases. Ticks are already active this year. As the weather...

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Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases: Pennsylvania issues health advisory

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has identified recent sustained increases in tick bite related emergency department visits in nearly all regions of the state. This trend...

Poland: Lyme disease cases up 93% to date in 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 This year, 2,753 cases of Lyme disease (a 93% increase) and 47 cases (a 236% increase) of tick-borne encephalitis have been confirmed in Poland, according to the latest data on infectious...

Lyme disease: White-tailed deer blood kills Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC)...

Lyme disease: Scientists are testing Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Research by two Texas A&M University scientists is focused on improving Lyme disease treatment outcomes by developing a test that’s both more accurate and more efficient than...

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Lyme disease: Novel investigative oral therapeutic trials show positive topline results

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive topline results from the completed Phase 1b Callisto trial and the enrollment of the first subject in the Carpo Phase 2a trial. The...

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Canada: Emerging tick-borne pathogens on the rise in the central part of the country

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Tick-borne pathogens, known for causing illnesses such as Lyme disease, are on the rise in Central Canada – presenting new risks in areas where they were never previously detected. The findings from...

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Maine on track to break records for anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease cases in 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63  The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) urges Maine people and visitors to take precautions against tick bites this fall. Maine experiences increased adult...

Lyme Disease Vaccine Candidate to enter Phase 3 Study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Pfizer Inc. and Valneva SE announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical study, Vaccine Against Lyme for Outdoor Recreationists (VALOR) (NCT05477524), to investigate the efficacy,...