Lyme Disease News

Mitch Thibodeau recently set off by car from his Calgary home to travel eastward across the country on a mission to find a doctor to continue his long-term treatment for Lyme disease.

Where's a silver bullet when you need one? McHenry County recently discovered its seventh case of Lyme disease, an ailment that comes from ticks.

A record number of people, over 3900 were infected by ticks in the Czech Republic in the first half of 2008, which is the highest figure for the same period since 1982 when the data started to be registered, ...

D8 The risk of Lyme disease exposure is highest in areas where ticks are established, including parts of British Columbia, southern Manitoba, southern Ontario and Nova Scotia.

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va. , is hosting a forum Tuesday night to raise awareness about ticks and Lyme disease.

According to the American Lyme Disease Foundation, most of southern Illinois is at a low risk for the illness, while parts of southeastern Illinois are at a medium risk.

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One day at work, Lisa McElroy suddenly came down with fever and body aches. "I thought I had the flu," said the Landisville mother of three.

While Oak Bay resident Peggy McCann was running her ergonomics business, she didn't bank on contracting a debilitating disease unrecognized by Canadian health authorities.

Love the outdoors? Lyme Disease, a tick-borne illness, is named for Lyme, Connecticut, where it was first diagnosed.

Local health officials say confirmed cases of Lyme Disease are up this summer. There have been eleven confirmed cases so far in the Thomas Jefferson Health District.

MONIQUE CHIASSON The Truro Daily News HILDEN - Don Hamilton hopes this time next week he will know whether or not he has Lyme disease.

The Grundy County Health Department would like to remind residents to be alert for ticks when outside in grassy or woodsy areas.

Q: My brother-in-law sent me an e-mail about how to remove ticks. It was attributed to a school nurse who suggested applying a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball and covering the tick with the cotton ball for ...

Lyme Disease is the most common tick infection. It can be passed onto both people and pets year round.

Q: My brother-in-law sent me an e-mail about how to remove ticks. It was attributed to a school nurse who suggested applying a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball and covering the tick with the cotton ball for ...

Q: My brother-in-law sent me an e-mail about how to remove ticks. It was attributed to a school nurse who suggested applying a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball and covering the tick with the cotton ball for ...

The Infectious Diseases Society of America has started reviewing guidelines for treating chronic Lyme disease.

Q: My brother-in-law sent me an e-mail about how to remove ticks. It was attributed to a school nurse who suggested applying a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball and covering the tick with the cotton ball for ...

Q: I got an e-mail about how to remove ticks. It was attributed to a school nurse who suggested applying a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball and covering the tick with the cotton ball for 20 seconds.