Posts Tagged ‘Lyme disease’
Lyme disease vaccine trials show promise
STONY BROOK (US) — Clinical trials of a new vaccine for Lyme disease reveal strong immune response in 300 individuals with little adverse reaction. Continue…
Monday, May 13, 2013 15:58 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:54 - 1 Comment
New infection from deer ticks shows up in US
YALE (US) — A new tick-borne infection that shares many similarities with Lyme disease has been discovered in 18 patients in southern New England and neighboring New York. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2012 18:12 - 0 Comments
Study: State agencies fumble ‘hybrid’ disease
NYU (US) — The “siloed” structure of US health agencies gets in the way of fighting animal-to-human diseases like West Nile Virus, according to a new organizational analysis. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2012 15:00 - 0 Comments
Study: Don’t knock antibiotics for Lyme yet
BROWN (US) — Researchers have analyzed studies saying antibiotic retreatment is futile for chronic Lyme disease, and report that the studies prove nothing either way. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 11:38 - 4 Comments
New tick-borne disease discovered
YALE U. (US) — Scientists have discovered a new tick-borne disease that may be infecting humans in the U.S. and elsewhere. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 20, 2011 17:17 - 2 Comments
Lyme bacteria find unlikely safe haven
UC DAVIS (US) — By hiding out in the lymph nodes, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are able to both provoke and elude immune responses in the animals they infect. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 28, 2011 12:47 - 0 Comments
Fungus tooled to fight malaria
U. MARYLAND (US) — Spraying mosquitoes with a genetically engineered fungus shows promise for dramatically reducing malaria infections. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 16, 2011 16:27 - 0 Comments
Ticks stay loyal to lizard hosts
UC BERKELEY (US) — Take a tick’s favorite host—the Western fence lizard—out of the equation and you would think the tick population and the threat of Lyme disease would rise. A new study finds the opposite is true. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2010 11:37 - 0 Comments
Costly cuts to mosquito monitoring
EMORY (US) — Slashing funding for mosquito-borne disease surveillance would not save money, according to a new report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 18, 2009 14:07 - 1 Comment
Stopping Lyme disease with tick saliva
YALE (US)—A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, researchers have discovered. The findings may spur development of a new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease, which is spread through tick bites. (more…)
Earth & Environment, Health & Medicine - Apr 23, 2009 14:13 - 2 Comments
Toxic ticks spread illness as planet warms
YALE (US)—A new study suggests fighting infectious disease could prove more challenging on a warming planet. Scientists have made a link between climate and the severity of Lyme disease in certain regions of the United States. Rising temperatures may lead to stronger, more persistent strains of the tick-borne illness, according to the findings. (more…)
