This Year Might Be the Worst Tick Season Ever. Here ’ s Why
Marci Silbert wasn’t walking far on the evening of May 6. She, her husband, and another couple were visiting friends for dinner, and after eating, took a brief stroll down a short path to a small pond on their hosts’ property in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. They lingered for just a few moments, and then walked back. But that was all it took.
The next day, her husband noticed a tick embedded in his forearm. Silbert had one on the inside of her knee, and the husband in the other couple had one on his thigh. Out of an abundance of caution, they went to the hospital, had them removed, and were given prophylacti...
Source: TIME: Health - June 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Disease Environment healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Trends in Reported Babesiosis Cases Trends in Reported Babesiosis Cases
This report indicates that babesiosis, a tickborne disease caused by Babesia parasites, has significantly increased in northeastern states in the last decade.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Researchers warn of tick-borne disease babesiosis
' Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between May and October by a … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - May 15, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
A Rare Tick-Borne Disease Is On The Rise. Here's How To Tell If You Have It.
Experts say cases of babesiosis are increasing along with Lyme disease. Pay attention to these symptoms. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Rare Tick-Borne Disease Is On The Rise. Here’s How To Tell If You Have It.
Experts say cases of babesiosis are increasing along with Lyme disease. Pay attention to these symptoms. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts sound alarm over malaria-like tick-borne disease that kills up to 20% of people it infects
Human cases of babesiosis have more than doubled in a decade in the US, with the disease advancing across the mid-west, northeast and the west. It is more common in the summer months. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ticks Carry More Diseases Than Just Lyme. Here ’ s What You Need to Know
Chris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time.
“It was one of those lone star ticks,” he says, “and I just picked it off me. It wasn’t a big deal.”
Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intesti...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Babesiosis and what you need to know about the 2023 tick season
An infected black-legged tick can transmit babesiosis and other infections Tick season is underway in much of the U.S. This season, another tick-borne disease is on the list of concerns. That's because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in reported cases of babesiosis(bah-beez-E-oh-sis) infection in eastern parts of the U.S. "Babesiosis is another tick-borne disease that we hear about, in addition to Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and others," says Dr. Bobbi… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 24, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
News at a glance: Modernizing bed nets, IDing a Solar System visitor, and health lessons from Beethoven ’s hair
PUBLIC HEALTH
Next-gen bed nets get go-ahead
A new type of malaria-fighting bed net
received a major endorsement
from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. The net combines two chemicals to more effectively kill the mosquitoes that transmit the parasite behind malaria, a disease that killed an estimated 619,000 people in 2022, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Insecticide-treated bed nets have helped drive malaria rates down dramatically. But in recent years, resistance to the insecticide used to treat nets, pyrethroid, has been spreading. That has contributed to ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 23, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Disease caused by tick bites spreading in Northeast
A tick-borne parasitic disease has claimed new ground in the Northeast, having been announced as being "endemic" in three more states. According to a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published on March 17 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases of babesiosis spiked…#northeast #cdc #connecticut #maine #massachusetts #minnesota #newhampshire #newjersey #rhodeisland #vermont (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Babesiosis: This Tick-Borne Disease Has Risen In 8 States, CDC Warns
The number of states where babesiosis is considered by the CDC to be endemic has gone from seven to 10, (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - March 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma Source Type: news
Babesiosis, a tickborne disease, is on the rise in Northeast, according to CDC report
Tickborne disease has been on the rise in the US, with the number of cases growing 25% from 2011 to 2019. Among them is babesiosis, which has become significantly more prevalent in the Northeast in recent years. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tick-Borne Illness Babesiosis Spreads to New U.S. States
FRIDAY, March 17, 2023 -- Cases of a parasitic disease spread by ticks have been on the rise, particularly in states in the Northeast that had previously seen few cases, U.S. health officials reported Friday.
Between 2011 and 2019, more than 16,000... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 17, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CDC Report Describes Recent Trends in Prevalence of Babesiosis
THURSDAY, March 16, 2023 -- The prevalence of babesiosis is increasing in certain states, including Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, which should now be considered to have endemic transmission, according to research published in the March 17 issue... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Disease, Is on the Rise in the Northeast, C.D.C. Reports
Babesiosis, which can cause flulike symptoms, could be spreading because of rising temperatures and the growing deer population. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: Lyme Disease Ticks (Insects) Disease Rates Northeastern States (US) your-feed-science Source Type: news
