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Popular Shrub Linked to Rising Rates of Lyme Disease in Ticks

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme note: Japanese barberry, an invasive plant, has been promoted as a decorative shrub for landscaping across Canada for many years, even in the dry Okanagan Valley region of BC In Canada, plant growers, retailers, and landscapers need to take this seriously and stop selling this product and similar products.  Offer your concerns to the Canadian…

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Local tick reports up sharply over last year

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme note: This article says only one tick per year is testing positive for Lyme disease.  Research has shown us that their tests are not capable of detecting all the known strains of Lyme borreliosis.  If you do not have the correct test for all the strains you have no idea of true prevalence. The government…

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Tips after Lyme Disease is in your system

ByCanLyme Team

From Toronto Sun Sept 23rd, 2017 “With the Public Health test, chronic sufferers like me can be misdiagnosed. Although options are available to treat Lyme, because they are not covered by OHIP or widespread, they are inaccessible to many. From my experiences, the Lyme care in Ontario seems insufficient. We all pay taxes and to…

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The cost of Lyme borreliosis.

ByCanLyme Team

Eur J Public Health. 2017 Jun 1;27(3):538-547. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw269. Abstract BACKGROUND: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most frequently reported tick-borne infection in Europe and North America. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-of-illness of LB in the Netherlands. We used available incidence estimates from 2010 for tick bite consultations and three symptomatic LB outcomes:…

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Watch New York State Senate Public Hearing on Lyme and Tick Borne Diseases

ByCanLyme Team

LYME SCI: Re-cap of New York’s Lyme disease hearing On August 29, the New York State Senate’s Task Force on Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases held a public hearing, with participation from many stakeholders. Public health officials, scientists, patients, and doctors from IDSA and ILADS all addressed the committee hearing, which was streamed live to a…

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Unprecedented claim against the CDC over Lyme tests

ByCanLyme Team

August 23, 2017 written by Huib In the USA an unprecedented anti-trust law suit of $57 million is being prepared against the CDC. They are accused of deliberately suppressing the use of an accurate DNA direct diagnostics for Lyme disease. You can read about the aim and potential impact of this lawsuit in this article. “In…

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Saskatchewan: Sask. Lyme disease patients are falling through the cracks

ByCanLyme Team

The Saskatchewan government says there have been three cases of Lyme disease in the province since 2008. Five Lyme patients beg to differ.   Anika Kosteniuk was 13 years old when a tick bite changed her life. She was on vacation in Virginia, on the acreage of her great-aunt and uncle, when she found an…

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Two women joined in a mission to learn more about a still misunderstood condition

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note: CanLyme and the G Magnotta Foundation for Vector Borne Diseases have worked together for 5 years to bring this research program to fruition.  This is the first step in a major thrust to aid in diagnostics, inform treatment, and bring much needed knowledge to the Canadian medical community.] CTV National News: Motivated by trajedy….

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Human Rights Violations of Relapsing Fever and Lyme Disease Patients Under International Investigation

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note: CanLyme was approached by Jenna Luché-Thayer early this year after her finding out that the World Health Organization (WHO) had held a meeting in November 2016 regarding updating the WHO International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD codes) relative to tick borne diseases. WHO is mandated to work with stakeholders yet no patient groups…

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Global News: Lone Star ticks that cause red meat allergies are on their way to Canada

ByCanLyme Team

Jun 27th, 2017 By Carmen Chai It looks like Lyme disease isn’t the only thing Canadians need to worry about contracting from ticks. A bite from the Lone Star tick can trigger an allergy to red meat, and the tiny bug is making its way into Canada. For decades, scientists kept a watchful eye over…

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Vancouver Sun: Longtime B.C. environmental activist Gwen Barlee dies of cancer

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note: Gwen contracted Lyme disease many years ago and was a well spoken activist who despised the double-talk and arrogance of the bureaucrats who have misled Canadians for years on Lyme disease. She was a great friend and ally of the Lyme community and will be deeply missed.] Vancouver Sun by Stephanie Ip Published on: June…

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CTV News Toronto: Students warned because ticks are found at schools.

ByCanLyme Team

Kids picking up ticks at schools.  Not only found in wooded areas. This further emphasizes that the over emphasis from government about ticks being only found in certain area is a harmful and misleading policy. Had patients been involved in policy making like they are on most other diseases the public would be much more…

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France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.

ByCanLyme Team

Inside Europe: Lyme disease on the rise in France Lyme disease, which you get when bitten by an infected tick, has reached epidemic proportions in France. With 33,000 new officially confirmed cases last year, the government has launched an action plan to fight it. John Laurenson reports from the village of Feucherolles in central France…

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CBC News: Lyme disease research, funding falling behind in Canada

ByCanLyme Team

June 18th, 2017 – by Jennifer Seiff for CBC News When I got sick in May 2016 with what I suspected was Lyme disease, I learned fast about tick-borne illnesses in Canada. What I learned was that out-of-date lab tests mean many people may altogether miss a diagnosis of Lyme — an infectious disease spread through the bite…

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CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick

ByCanLyme Team

June 13th, 2017 … “I felt something on my back, so I pulled it off and it was a tick,” said Ferguson. “So I just killed it and threw it away.” Logan said it was a wood tick, so he didn’t give it a second thought. But a couple of days later he started feeling…