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Lyme disease prevention: Rhode Island officials concerned that 2021 may be a bad year

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Rhode Island health and environment officials are urging residents to safely enjoy the outdoors and to take additional precautions to avoid direct contact with ticks...

Lyme disease: Virginia Tech researchers discovery increases understanding of how Borrelia burgdorferi causes inflammation and disease

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Lyme disease is the most reported vector-borne disease in the country. Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in both the number of reported cases and the geographic...

Pennsylvania: Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force release results of study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Pike County, in northeastern Pennsylvania, released the findings of a first-of-its-kind baseline study by the Tick Borne Diseases Task Force. The study...

Lyme disease investigational drug: FDA accepts IND application

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Biopharmaceutical company, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company’s Investigational...

Lyme disease: Study shows ticks carrying disease found to be abundant in beach areas

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Bay Area Lyme Foundation today announced results of a study demonstrating that adult Western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease,...

Lyme disease: Gold Standard Diagnostics announces FDA clearance of new test

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Gold Standard Diagnostics (GSD) recently announced FDA clearance of a new B. burgdorferi IgG/IgM VlsE-OspC EIA test. This test, when used in conjunction with the other FDA cleared GSD Lyme EIA tests can...

Lyme disease: New test is first to reliably distinguish between early- and late-stage patients

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For those who live in an area blighted by ticks, the threat of Lyme disease can cast a shadow over the joy of spring and summer. These blood-sucking arachnids can transmit bacteria into the bloodstream...

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New York City: Lyme disease center at Columbia University

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A new center that will provide specialized care for patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases will begin seeing patients this summer at Columbia University‘s Vagelos College of Physicians...

Lyme Disease vaccine candidate: Final Phase 2 study initiated

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Valneva SE and Pfizer Inc. announced Monday the initiation of study VLA15-221. The VLA15-221 study builds on previous positive Phase 2 studies, incorporates new dose regimens and is anticipated to be the...

New study identifies bird species that could spread ticks and Lyme disease

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Birds play an underrecognized role in spreading tick-borne disease due to their capacity for long-distance travel and tendency to split their time in different parts of the world – patterns that are...