Health Aug 10 What to know about alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by tick bites By Lee Rafuse Haines, The Conversation
Health Jul 06 Watch 7:08 Why tick season is worse than usual and how to protect yourself Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attribute to climate change, human expansion into forested areas and overpopulations of deer. Ali… By Ali Rogin, Satvi Sunkara
Health May 19 Watch 6:51 What more can be done to treat Lyme disease and its potential long-term effects As many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease each year, according to the CDC. For most people, symptoms go away after two to four weeks of antibiotics, but five to 10 percent of patients have debilitating, long-term… By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery
Science Mar 05 Already missing winter? Here’s what we lose when the season warms up If you’ve noticed that the coldest months of the year don’t seem to get so cold anymore, you’re not alone. By Bella Isaacs-Thomas
Health Feb 15 Lyme disease cases rose in 2022 due to change in reporting requirements An estimated 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with it each year, but only a fraction are officially reported. By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press
Jul 01 Ticks can use static electricity to land on you and your pets, study finds By Maddie Burakoff, Associated Press Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 5:28 What you need to know to stay safe from ticks and Lyme disease this summer By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Claire Mufson According to the Centers for Disease Control, as many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease every year. Climate change and human encroachment into wilderness areas means ticks and the disease-causing bacteria they carry are becoming more common. Continue watching
Feb 09 Why Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are on the rise By Ula Chrobak, Knowable Magazine The complex interplay of ticks, their habitats and hosts — along with changes in land use and climate — may be enabling the spread of the pathogens they carry. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease? By PBS News Hour Lyme disease has become part of daily life for residents on the rural Massachusetts islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, where the tick population has exploded. Now a scientist at MIT is turning to a different culprit -- infected white-footed… Continue watching
Jul 31 4 things you should know about ticks and Lyme disease this summer By Teresa Carey Tick season is in full swing, and with it comes Lyme disease. Here's what you should know about the condition and how it spreads, according to Dr. John Aucott of Johns Hopkins University. Continue reading