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Commentary: This article discuss new cases of the Heartland virus being found in different parts of the US. This is a viral infection spread by the Lone Star Tick, which causes an illness nearly identical ...

Commentary: Dr Brian Fallon from Columbia University presented new research last night that shows that the Lyme spirochete can persist after antibiotic therapies. This research joins numerous published peer review scientific articles that support persistence ...

Commentary: The Washington State Department of Health is conducting a study looking at the range and distribution of tick species in the state and the potential disease risks they pose. This is an excellent initiative ...

Commentary: This article was just published in Macleans, and gives an in depth view on how the Lyme epidemic is affecting the Canadian people and their health care providers. I am also interviewed in this ...

Commentary: The article that appeared in today's Poughkeepsie Journal reported that ticks appear to have no negative impact on the health or life span of mice, underscoring the need to find other ways to control ...

Commentary: Washington State University (WSU) veterinary college sent out an alert today, reminding people of an uncommon and potentially fatal threat from ticks that is usually overlooked: Tick paralysis. The illness occurs when certain species ...

Commentary: This article on Tick Paralysis was just published in the medical journal Neurology. It describes the clinical manifestations in detail, and differential diagnoses to consider, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome. Child Neurology: Tick paralysis - ...

Commentary: Environmental pollutants have recently been shown to be linked to autism in a new Harvard University study. "Several studies have been done linking the disorder to metals and other exhaust pollutants in the air, ...

Commentary: Patients with clinical Lyme disease may not all be infected by the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, but in fact by other related bacteria, such as Borrelia miyamotoi and a new, as yet unnamed ...

Commentary: The Vermont legislature just passed Lyme bill H123, which acknowledges the severity of chronic Lyme disease, the role of co-infections in chronic illness, and the need for individualized treatment according to ILADS guidelines. The ...