LymeWarriors

Possibly a way to reduce or eliminate Lyme Disease by vaccinating mice?

Mouse Meals Laced With A Vaccine Might Be Key To Slowing Lyme Disease — WBUR News “The idea here is to vaccinate the mice,” Stafford says. “What we’ve done is incorporate a Lyme disease vaccine in an oral bait that would immunize them. That would prevent ticks feeding on those animals from becoming infected and then ultimately turn around and infect you.”

Some good information about tick-borne infection avoidance and protection.

Protect Yourself From Tick-Borne Illness — Consumer Reports With diseases like Lyme and Powassan on the rise, here are 6 ways to avoid tick bites

It is interesting, according to this article and referenced study, that this meat allergy comes directly from the tick, and not via the tick after it has fed on a mammal. Could this also be true with other tick related ailments?

https://gizmodo.com/weird-meat-allergy-caused-by-ticks-may-be-easier-to-cat-1832872448

Weird Meat Allergy Caused by Ticks May Be Easier to Catch Than We Thought One of the strangest side-effects of a tick bite—a new allergy to red meat—could be even easier to get than previously thought. New research out this weekend suggests that bites from certain ticks can cause the allergy no matter what they’ve recently bitten. The finding could overturn a common...

Just what we need, new ticks and diseases.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/03/cdc-asian-longhorned-ticks-spreading-across-us-may-spread-diseases/2189393002/

CDC warns of exotic ticks spreading across the nation that may carry diseases Asian longhorned ticks, known to spread diseases in other parts of the world, can reproduce up to 2,000 eggs without mating.

[MUST READ] - Learn the real truth finally emerging about Lyme Disease and co-infections. At some point science, common sense and compassion must set in.

http://www.mvtimes.com/2016/07/13/visiting-physician-sheds-new-light-lyme-disease/

Visiting physician sheds new light on Lyme disease - Martha's Vineyard Times This past Friday, Dr. Nevena Zubcevik, attending physician at Harvard Medical School and co-director of Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown (SRH) traveled to one of the nation’s front lines in the public health battle against Lyme disease to speak t...

Just another case of misdiagnosis...but your story gets told if you're famous. Let's hope Kris Kristofferson's story helps others struggling with being treated for the wrong illness finally get the proper treatment they need to heal.

Kris Kristofferson's Doctors Thought He Suffered from Dementia. The Only Problem? He Didn't. For years, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson was told he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or some other type of dementia. His memory was getting progressively worse. But Kristofferson, 79, has revealed that he was misdiagnosed — he actually has Lyme disease, according to a June 6 story i...

It's Time to Take Action Against Lyme Disease - RealClearPolitics
https://apple.news/AU_MxgF_9NTurUcc9sfZPuQ

It's Time to Take Action Against Lyme Disease | RealClearPolitics Lyme disease—a tick-borne illness that can cause debilitating pain, weakness, and fatigue—has long become a painful reality for too many Americans, including in states like Connecticut...

A New Culprit in Lyme Disease - The New York Times - www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/health/lyme-disease-cause-bacteria-borrelia-mayonii.html

A New Culprit in Lyme Disease Researchers have discovered a second bacterium that may cause the condition.

Progress is slow, but coming...

Newport Hospital Leads State in Opening First Lyme Disease Center The new Lifespan Lyme Disease Center at Newport Hospital is the first of its kind in Rhode Island, an epicenter for tick-borne diseases.

Lyme Disease Is Spreading, Government Research Finds Lyme disease is gradually spreading from the Northeast, and is becoming more common farther south and west, government researchers reported Wednesday.

NEWS: "Take a bite out of Lyme" challenge kicks off - LymeDisease.org Got your sourpuss face ready? Grassroots activists have partnered with ILADS to raise Lyme awareness and research funds. Help it go viral!