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Jul 24, 2023 · Turns out there was one for people in late ’90s. Pioneering expert explains why it disappeared, prospects for new one in trials. High summer is here, but many heading to forests and fields reach not for shorts and a T-shirt, but long sleeves, pants, and a shot of bug spray, hoping to keep a threat at bay: the deer ticks that carry Lyme disease.
Jan 25, 2022 · New York Times columnist Ross Douthat ’02 writes candidly about his five-year struggle with Lyme disease in his wrenching and vivid new book, “The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery.”. The Gazette spoke with Douthat about the lessons he learned about himself and other people’s suffering, the controversy around Lyme, and how ...
Jun 26, 2023 · Lyme disease is transmitted by the deer tick, also known as the blacklegged tick. Other ticks, such as dog ticks, can transmit other illnesses, but not Lyme disease. “If not caught early, Lyme disease can progress to facial paralysis, arthritis, meningitis, or inflammation of the heart called carditis that can cause rhythm abnormalities.”
Jun 2, 2023 · Courtney Hoffman works on a puzzle Wednesday with her 2-year-old grandson, Wyatt Arp, at her home in Fairfax. Hoffman had to quit her teaching job when she contracted Lyme disease. The diagnosis ...
Jun 14, 2022 · L yme disease was first named nearly 50 years ago in Lyme, Connecticut, but the tick-borne disease is now found around the world. A new study published in BMJ Global Health estimates that 14.5% of ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Apr. 19, 2024 6:00 am. Courtney Hoffman wears a Lyme disease awareness T-shirt while taking a walk with her grandchildren and Leyton Aldrich (right), outside of her home in Fairfax, Iowa, in May ...
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May 14, 2023 · The charity says official estimates say there are around 3,000-4,000 cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales annually, but that the real numbers could be "at least three times higher".
