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Amy Schumer Reveals Lyme Disease Diagnosis
Amy Schumer is being treated for Lyme disease.
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Bella Hadid Opens Up About Debilitating Lyme Disease Symptoms
Bella Hadid is opening up about her health. The 23-year-old model took to Instagram Stories Aug. 25 and reshared a graphic by “Palestine on a Plate” author Joudie Kalla about lyme disease, which she has openly grappled with for years. “The truth. The invisible disease…” Hadid wrote underneath a list of symptoms, which included headache, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain,…
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COVID-19 Shares Symptoms With Lyme Disease
With warmer weather and families feeling cooped up, many are choosing to spend their time this summer outside. While being outdoors lessens the COVID-19 spread, it increases your chances of running into another disease. “Because the focus is so much on COVID maybe we don’t think about Lyme Disease as much, and I think that you’re going to see...
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Lyme Disease Shares Symptoms With COVID-19
The CDC estimates there are more than 300,000 cases of the tickborne illness in the US every year with many of those cases in Connecticut.
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First Statewide Tick Study Finds Lyme Disease in Half of All Deer Ticks Collected
Jamie Cantoni is walking through a dirt path. She is on a mission. Her entire body is covered in tick-repellent clothing. A white cloth drags behind her. Every several feet, she inspects the cloth closely. “That is a female deer tick,” she says as she holds up the cloth. Cantoni is a research assistant at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station…
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Warm Winter Could Mean More Ticks
Connecticut researchers are getting a better idea of what this year’s tick season will look like and whether the mild winter will lead to more ticks.
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Justin Bieber Says He's Battling Lyme Disease
In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the pop star wrote that “it’s been a rough couple years but (I’m) getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever.”
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Experts Report Higher Tick Activity
State researchers reported peak tick activity for 2018 and a higher than average rate of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in ticks tested by Connecticut’s Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Record Number of Tick-Borne Diseases Reported in 2017: CDC
U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increase from the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Wednesday. Lyme disease accounted for nearly three-quarters of the illnesses. That’s about 43,000 cases. Traditionally about 30,000 cases of...
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Researchers Report Peak Tick Season
State researchers are reporting peak tick activity and a higher than average rate of the agent that causes Lyme disease this season.
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UConn Wants Ticks to Test for Disease, Research
Tick season is in full swing, but what do you do with a tick you find on yourself or your pet?
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Healthcare Workers Warn to Look Out for Ticks
You might not be able to see them, but ticks are out there!
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6 Tips to Prevent Lyme Disease
An estimated 300,000 people in the United States are infected with Lyme disease each year. Here are some helpful tips that can help your family prevent tick bites which can reduce your risk of Lyme disease.
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State Lab Strained by High Number of Ticks Brought in for Testing
Officials have already warned that it’s a bad tick season. Now the state testing lab says nearly 40 percent of tickets tested in recent weeks carry Lyme disease, and the lab is experiencing a backlog.
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Elena Delle Donne Opens Up About Her Sister in Inspiring Video
Chicago Sky superstar Elena Delle Donne is well-known for her exploits on the court and her status as the defending WNBA MVP, but what you may not know is the story of how her bond with her sister resurrected her basketball career.