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CDC awards $110 million to states to fight Lyme disease, West Nile virus, foodborne illness

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced awards of nearly $110 million to help states and communities strengthen their capacity to track and respond to infectious diseases....

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CDC releases Lyme disease vaccine webinar

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week released the webinar, HHS Working Group on Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases presents: Vaccines for Lyme Disease – Past, present, and future,...

Pennsylvania Health Secretary calls for increased Lyme disease awareness

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With Pennsylvania leading the nation in reported cases of Lyme disease, PA Department of Health Secretary Karen Murphy today called for increased awareness about this serious disease and outlined the department...

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Lyme disease testing: Focus on Lyme partners with TGen for better diagnostics

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The Lyme disease advocacy group, Focus on Lyme, says they have partnered with Phoenix, Arizona-based, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) to develop a more accurate Lyme diagnostic tool...

Netherlands Lyme disease ‘lost healthy life years’ burden measured

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The Netherlands is the first country where the burden of disease due to Lyme disease has been determined. The burden of disease is a measure for the number of lost healthy life years caused by a disease....

Lyme disease bacterium can trick the immune system in mice: Research

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The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to trick an animal’s immune system into not launching a full-blown immune response or developing lasting immunity to the disease, report researchers at the...

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Pennsylvania reports 25 percent increase in Lyme disease, Allegheny and Butler counties see most

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Following a report nearly two months ago concerning the detection of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease being present in blacklegged (deer) ticks in all 67 counties of Pennsylvania,...

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The Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2015 introduced by Sens. Blumenthal, Ayotte

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Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Kelly Ayotte (R.-N.H.) introduced legislation Thursday to increase public awareness and strengthen efforts to combat tick-borne diseases – a significant...

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Pennsylvania launches Lyme disease awareness campaign: ‘Don’t Let a Tick Make You Sick’

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Secretary of Health Dr. Karen Murphy today reminded Pennsylvanians that that they should take the proper precautions to protect themselves against Lyme disease as the summer outdoor season begins. Today...

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Johns Hopkins unveils Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center

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Fundamental research into the causes and cures of post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome now has its first home base at a major U.S. medical research center with the launch of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease...