The Jim Harrison Show – radio NL Kamloops, BC, interviews mother of victim and CanLyme president
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By Brenda Sterling-Goodwin March 24th, 2016, Chronicle Herald newspaper Halifax, NS, Canada As migrating birds return this spring, they will be spreading millions of ticks across Canada. Those ticks are here to stay and we must learn to work with the growing problem of their impact on pets and humans. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association,…
Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:59 By Jessica Bernstein “We’re here because this government has the resources to deal with the AIDS epidemic and they won’t do it unless we force them.” – ACT Up activist protesting the FDA,1988 “I am one of the 300,000 plus annual Lyme patients being ignored by the CDC and HMOs.” – Lyme disease…
We turn our gaze northward to Thunder Bay, Ontario to chat with entomologist Dr. Ken Deacon. While working on a contract with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, he saw the first wood tick in the Thunder Bay area in 2003. He then saw the first black-legged tick in 2005 and has continued to follow…
A family’s fight for their son en route to NCAA tournament history … “Instead of running to the sink like most middle schoolers and washing his hands as fast as he could, 13-year-old Connor Odom would wash, rewash and then wash his hands again. His mother, Lucia Odom, thought it was odd, but didn’t…
Jeffrey Kopman Published: Sep 10, 2013, 11:46 AM EDT weather.com A late-summer hike results in tired legs, a sweaty body and a tick bite. The feeding tick infects you with Lyme disease, but your treatment options are limited because you had an allergic reaction to penicillin as a child. This dilemma is fairly common —…
Abstract Lyme disease (LD) is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl). After transmission to humans by ticks, Bbsl spreads to multiple organs, leading to arthritis, carditis, and neuroborreliosis. No effective prophylaxis against human LD prior to tick exposure is currently availa-ble. Thus, a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against LD is needed. The establishment of LD…