What Most People Miss When Doing a Tick Check
As tick populations grow (thanks, climate change) and tickborne diseases like Lyme become more widespread, tick checks have become routine for a lot of us. But do you really know…
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As tick populations grow (thanks, climate change) and tickborne diseases like Lyme become more widespread, tick checks have become routine for a lot of us. But do you really know…
Photo: Heiko Barth (Shutterstock) Lyme, the most famous tickborne disease, is growing more common than it used to be—at least judging by health insurance data that includes Lyme diagnoses. Our…
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.More than 14 per cent of the world’s population may have had Lyme disease, according to new estimates. This will help researchers…
Photo: Jo Panuwat D (Shutterstock) You may well find ticks in your hair, but they aren’t falling from the sky. Remember, ticks spend their time in damp leaf litter so…
By Alice Klein A new Lyme disease vaccine is on the wayHailshadow/Getty Images/iStockph A vaccine against Lyme disease has been shown to be safe and effective in a clinical trial…
By Jessica Hamzelou A tick under a microscopeazvan Cornel Constantin / Alamy Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the US – but programmes to monitor the spread of ticks…
For some people, the symptoms of Lyme disease never go away after treatment. Now we have clues about why this happens, supporting the idea that “chronic Lyme” really does exist…