Lyme disease

Connecticut is no stranger to Lyme disease. It was first discovered in humans back in the 1970s in the town of Lyme.

This year may be bringing the perfect storm when it comes to deer tick numbers and the danger of Lyme disease and some other scary illnesses the nasty little bloodsuckers bring.

Amy Schumer is being treated for Lyme disease.

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,…

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.

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...

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…

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.

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.”

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...

State researchers are reporting peak tick activity and a higher than average rate of the agent that causes Lyme disease this season.

Tick season is in full swing, but what do you do with a tick you find on yourself or your pet?

You might not be able to see them, but ticks are out there!

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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