Lyme Disease Treatment for Pets

Lyme disease map pinpoints high-risk areas: Do you live in one?

Yale researchers have an answer. They've spent three years analyzing Lyme disease risk by dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to collect ticks, and have created a detailed map that shows where disease risk is highest (pictured below). ...

On new map, Lyme disease risk areas include Minn., Wis.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Researchers who spent three years dragging sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks have created a detailed map they claim could improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. The map, which pinpoints ... ...

Lyme disease remains concentrated in the eastern states of the U.S.

Some states such as Wisconsin, Minnesota are facing greater risks from tick-borne illness After three years of intensive research, scientists have developed a map of the United States that they hope will aid in prevention of the tick-borne illness. ...

Letter: Deer overcrowding fosters Lyme disease

Biologically speaking, deer are a prey species. When humans eliminate natural predators from the environment, deer populations will exceed the carrying capacity of their natural habitat. When this happens, they will move to wherever they can ... ...

Disease-carrying ticks move deeper into Northland

"But we are starting to see patients now (with) very well-confirmed diagnoses of Lyme disease who were right here in the immediate Duluth area or just up the North Shore." Dr. Timothy Burke, infectious disease specialist at Essentia Health ... ...

Daily Digest: Komen reinstates Planned Parenthood funding, Minnesotans high-risk for Lyme disease

After a week of backlash sparked by the decision of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to halt funding to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer charity reinstated funding Thursday night, according to Reuters. Critics said the charity bowed to ... ...