Fatal Case of Heartland Virus in the Mid-Atlantic Region Fatal Case of Heartland Virus in the Mid-Atlantic Region
This case of Heartland virus disease in a region not previously known for the infection suggests a potential expansion of the disease.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen Has Spread to State of Georgia Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen Has Spread to State of Georgia
Heartland virus, first identified in lone star ticks in Missouri in 2009, has spread to lone star ticks in Georgia, researchers report.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Emergency Medicine News Source Type: news
Tick-Borne Heartland Virus Circulating in US, Researchers Say Tick-Borne Heartland Virus Circulating in US, Researchers Say
Symptoms can be a high fever, fatigue, diarrhea, muscle pain, and low counts of white blood cells and platelets. It can take up to 2 weeks for symptoms to appear after a bite from an infected tick.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 24, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Learn how a case of reported Heartland virus in a resident of this region provided evidence of local transmission.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Lone Star ticks in Illinois can carry, transmit Heartland virus
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Researchers have confirmed that Heartland virus, an emerging pathogen with potentially dire consequences for those infected, is present in Lone Star ticks in two Illinois counties hundreds of miles apart. Lone Star ticks were first detected in Illinois in 1999 but had not been found to be infected with Heartland virus in the state. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 23, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, 2018-2019 Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, 2018-2019
An entomologic investigation provides insight into the transmission of Heartland virus among residents of Illinois.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Lone Star Ticks Expanding Range Into Northeast, Report Says
(CNN/CBS) — The climate crisis is making us more vulnerable to ticks in an unprecedented and growing threat to public health, according to a new report.
Bacterial and protozoan tick-borne diseases doubled in the United States between 2004 and 2016, the report notes, and in 2017, more than 90% of the 60,000 vector-borne diseases in the United States were linked to these particular bloodsucking bugs.
The warmer temperatures brought by the climate crisis, in addition to ecological changes and reforestation, have extended the bugs’ range into regions that had not seen certain types of ticks for many decades, if eve...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - December 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston Lone Star Tick ticks Source Type: news
Seroprevalence of Heartland Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors Seroprevalence of Heartland Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors
Researchers were able to estimate the seroprevalence of Heartland virus by identifying antibodies in blood specimens obtained from donors.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Diseases Spread By Insects Have More Than Tripled, CDC Says
In the United States, diseases spread by mosquito, flea and tick bites tripled from 2004 to 2016, federal health officials say in a new report. During that time, there were more than 640,000 cases of vector-borne diseases.
“People really do need to take this seriously,” says Dr. Lyle Petersen, the director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new study—published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report—marks the first time the agency has collectively e...
Source: TIME: Health - May 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news
CDC Reports Tick-Borne Heartland Virus Spreads - AARP
1 day ago ... A newer virus believed to be spread by ticks has now surfaced in Indiana and
Arkansas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - July 14, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The Heartland virus may occur across the eastern U.S.
Tick-borne pathogen causes fever and fatigue (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - September 18, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Deadly Heartland Virus Is Much More Common Than Scientists Thought
The Heartland virus was considered rare. Scientists now say they've found signs of it circulating in animals across the Midwest, New England and the South. They think human cases have been missed.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - September 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michaeleen Doucleff Source Type: news
Here's What You Need To Know About Ticks
Bad news: Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, has more than doubled over the past 20 years. In 1995 there were just over 10,000 cases of Lyme disease reported. By 2013 there were over 25,000 confirmed cases and over 35,000 possible cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Lyme disease is curable with antibiotics when caught in early stages, if untreated, the illness can cause permanent and potentially devastating complications, from memory loss to chronic joint inflammation to heart arrhythmia. Know Your Risk While Lyme disease is the most famous illness t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Here's What You Need To Know About Ticks
Bad news: Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, has more than doubled over the past 20 years. In 1995 there were just over 10,000 cases of Lyme disease reported. By 2013 there were over 25,000 confirmed cases and over 35,000 possible cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Lyme disease is curable with antibiotics when caught in early stages, if untreated, the illness can cause permanent and potentially devastating complications, from memory loss to chronic joint inflammation to heart arrhythmia. Know Your Risk While Lyme disease is the most famous illness t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 27, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
The List Of Tick-Transmitted Diseases Is Growing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lyme disease makes the headlines but there are plenty of additional reasons to avoid tick bites. New research highlights the latest in a growing list of tick-borne threats — a distant relative of Lyme that's easy to confuse with other illnesses.
Monday's study suggests a kind of bacteria with an unwieldy name — Borrelia miyamotoi — should be on the radar when people in Lyme-endemic areas get otherwise unexplained summertime fevers. It's one of several recently discovered diseases linked to ticks in different parts of the country, a reminder to get tick-savvy no matter where you live.
"People nee...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
