Zimbabwe: Government Rehabilitates 3 000 Dip Tanks
[The Herald] More than 3 000 out of the 4 000 dip-tanks have been repaired or revived, and Government plans to rehabilitate 500 more this year, as the Second Republic intensifies the fight against tick-borne diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 23, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Transport and Shipping Zimbabwe Source Type: news
A tick almost killed my son: Boy, 7, is put in coma after being bitten while on a hike in Arkansas - and is left with BRAIN damage
Aiden Debusk, a seven-year-old boy in Russellville, Arkansas, was placed in a medically induced coma last year after coming down with the tickborne illness ehrlichiosis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nonprofit Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) Warns Parasitic Pet Diseases Will Spread Further in 2024
CAPC Forecasts Expansion of Lyme, Heartworm and Other Tick-Borne Diseases in Pets; CAPC Annual Pet Parasite Forecasts Predict Prevalence of Diseases with Proven Accuracy and 30-Day Forecasts at PetDiseaseAlerts.org Help Pet Owners Track Their Progression SALEM, Ore., April 2, 2024... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PET ANW Source Type: news
How to Spot Kawasaki Disease in Your Child
Cases of this rare, potentially dangerous childhood illness are growing in the U.S. It is often mistaken for scarlet fever, tick-borne diseases or common viruses. Here ’s what to look for. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Baumgaertner Tags: your-feed-science Kawasaki Disease Children and Childhood Content Type: Service Heart Aneurysms United States your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Why confirmed cases of Lyme disease have increased
A bite from an infected tick can cause Lyme disease Recent tracking rule changes led to a significant increase in reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated definitions to better understand the tick-borne disease. In 2022, reported cases rose by 68.5% after the new definition went into effect. "The new Lyme disease case definition allows us to get a more accurate… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 23, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Lyme Disease Cases Rose By Almost 70% in the U.S.
NEW YORK — Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022, which health officials say is not due to a major increase of new infections but instead a change in reporting requirements.
Reported cases surpassed 62,000 in 2022, after averaging about 37,000 a year from 2017 through 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Thursday. Numbers for 2023 will be released later this year.
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the U.S., occurring mostly in the Northeast, Midwest and mid-Atlantic states.
Read More: What Happened to the Lyme Disease Vaccine?...
Source: TIME: Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
A new therapy effective against drug-sensitive and resistant parasites
A novel combination therapy developed by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine can help fight the drug-resistant cases of the tickborne illness babesiosis. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - January 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion
Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include:
Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis
Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis
Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
CDC: Three People Have Died From Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in New Outbreak
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an outbreak of an often-fatal tickborne disease among people who have recently been to Baja California in Mexico.Three out of five patients have died from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CDC Warns of Deadly Tick-Borne Illness in People Traveling to Mexico
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 -- An outbreak of deadly tick-borne disease is occurring among people who’ve recently been to Baja California in Mexico, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns.
Three out of five patients have died... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
CDC issues health alert for deadly tick-borne disease
Three deaths resulted from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever outbreak among people who traveled or lived in Mexican border city. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lena H. Sun Source Type: news
What Is Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Illness?
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 -- You likely know that Lyme disease can be spread by ticks, but have you heard of babesiosis?
It’s a different disease caused by the bite of a deer tick, and cases are rising in the United States, scientists from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS: Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2023
ACIP recommendations for use of the TBE vaccine among U.S. travelers and laboratory workers. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 9, 2023 Category: American Health Tags: MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Ticks Travel Health Vaccination Source Type: news
Killer 'eye-bleeding' virus is found in FRANCE for first time amid fears tick-borne disease will soon make Britain home
French health authorities have confirmed they have ticks carrying Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a virus that kills up to 40 per cent of people it infects, in the country for the first time. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Soft Tick Relapsing Fever, U.S. 2012-2021 Soft Tick Relapsing Fever, U.S. 2012-2021
Review the epidemiology and occurrence of soft tick relapsing fever, also known as tickborne relapsing fever, in the U.S. Have trends changed or remained stable?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
