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Articles on Lyme disease
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A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
Researchers placed woodchips along the side of two trails in the Ottawa Greenbelt and found that the woodchips notably lowered the number of ticks.
Some simple steps can help keep you tick-free as you enjoy the outdoors.
A University of Pittsburgh researcher is studying why Pennsylvania residents who regularly encounter ticks still underestimate their risk of Lyme disease.
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease and other illnesses.
Skin is the largest and most visible organ in the human body – and can provide many clues about what’s going on underneath it.
The bacterium that causes Lyme disease is a master of disguise, changing its appearance to evade the immune system as it moves from the ticks that carry it to humans or animals.
Ticks can spread a range of disease – including Lyme disease and the fatal Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever.
There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.
Before COVID-19, clean water, antibiotics and vaccines had made us complacent about infectious disease. Infection control can no longer be taken for granted. We must be prepared for future pandemics.
Lyme disease affects millions worldwide. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from this insidious illness.
The study found that ticks were unable to feed on guinea pigs vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine, preventing transmission of the pathogen that causes Lyme disease.
Patients with Lyme disease can develop Lyme carditis, a potentially serious complication that affects cardiac function.
Lyme’s controversy offers four lessons on how parents, school districts, elected officials and scientists can find a path forward in the 2021-2022 school year.
How bad are ticks this year? An expert explains why tick-borne diseases are on the rise.
Researchers are piecing together clues to better understand the puzzling array of symptoms in those who never seem to fully recover from COVID-19.
Researchers are testing an antibody shot to protect people from Lyme disease-causing bacteria.
There is plenty of misinformation circulating about ticks and the diseases they may carry. Here are four myths debunked, along with tick facts to keep people safe when exploring the outdoors.
Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. A new report shows we must urgently transform our relationship with the environment.
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Professor of Medicine and Executive Vice Chancellor for MassBiologics, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
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Professor of Interdisciplinary Parasitology, University of Nottingham
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Senior Entomologist, Penn State
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Lawyer, Queensland University of Technology
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Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medical Science & Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute; Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney
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Professor of Biology, University of Newcastle
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Associate professor, Murdoch University
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Emeritus professor, Murdoch University
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Assistant Research Professor of Entomology, Penn State
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Staff Scientist, National Institutes of Health
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Chair, Ecofiscal Commission and Director, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University
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Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts University
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Assistant professor, University of Guelph