Called LymeAlert, the at-home test is designed to determine whether a removed tick carries the bacteria responsible for Lyme disease.
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Everything You Need to Know About Ticks and Disease
It’s a hot humid day and you’ve spent hours walking through the woods, brushing up again shrubs and foliage while scouting sites for opening day. You come inside to change and see a little something on your ankle. Is it a freckle you didn’t notice before? One that wasn’t there a few hours ago? It […]
Researchers Find New Bacteria that Transmits Lyme Disease
A second bacteria that causes Lyme disease carried by the same deer tick has different symptoms than the more common ones sustained by those infected with the disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mayo Clinic and state health department officials from North Dakota, Wisconsin and Minnesota announced the finding last February. They revealed […]
Money, Efforts Being Poured Into Lyme Disease Research
Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread by deer ticks, is getting a heck of a boost in one of the nation’s hardest-hit areas and that should help everyone affected by this terrible disease. Millions are being poured into a new laboratory and research facility that will focus on testing ticks and more studies on how the […]
Locavore Blog: A Solution to Deer Tick Worries
One of the main differences between city life and country life is the abundance of time I now spend outside. In the winter, we’re outside cross country skiing and ice skating, building snowmen, and restocking our woodpile (free heat courtesy of hard work). This year, we are all eager for sunshine and green grass after […]