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Report shows ticks, related diseases solidifying presence in Maine
Maine (WABI) - The new Tick Report from the UMaine Extension Tick Lab shows ticks and related diseases continuing to solidify ...
Tick researchers identify new strain of Rickettsia bacteria that causes spotted fever infections in humans
In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a ...
Where are ticks in Nebraska? Health department's surveillance map tracks species, diseases
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new tick surveillance website that maps county-level ...
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Q&A: Spring has sprung — and so has prevalence of alpha-gal, other tick-borne illnesses
With spring underway, the likelihood of getting a tick-borne illness is elevated, according to Mayo Clinic. One that ...
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Springtime in Nebraska means ticks
Have you been recreating in the outdoors recently? I don’t mean in the backyard or on the patio, but out in the fields, ...
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What’s Going Around: Allergies, asthma, strep, tick bites
Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing seasonal allergies this week. They’re also seeing rashes from outdoor ...
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The antibiotic that takes the bite out of Lyme
Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...