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
Tick-borne encephalitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention, UKHSA (updated 25th April 2023)
Advice for health professionals on tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) including symptoms, diagnosis and epidemiology.
25 April 2023Updated to include latest epidemiological and case information. Added further detail on the clinical aspects of tick-borne encephalitis.
6 August 2019First published. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tick bite risks and prevention of Lyme disease: resources
Toolkit and resources for local authorities and other stakeholders to raise awareness of the potential risks created by ticks and tick-borne disease in England.
24 April 2023Added co-branded resources.
4 April 2023Updated tick awareness leaflet, poster and toolkit. Removed co-branded resources. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 25, 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
Experts sound alarm over tick-borne infection Powassan virus
A study by the Yale School of Public Health found that Powassan virus, dubbed 'Lyme disease's deadly cousin', is being detected in clusters in Connecticut, New York State and Maine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tracing the transmission of tick-borne Powassan virus in New England
A new Yale study provides insights into the transmission dynamics of an emerging virus that could help focus public health efforts and limit infections. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Warning that Brits may need another vaccine for new tick-borne virus
Brits may need another vaccine with a dangerous tick borne virus encephalitis, new to the UK potentially spreading as the country gets warmer, an expert has warned. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vaccines For Lyme Disease And Norovirus? Moderna Working On Shots Targeting Tick-Borne Infection And Vomiting Bug
Lyme is Moderna ’s first attempt at creating a vaccine for a bacterial infection. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Robert Hart, Forbes Staff Tags: Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Science /science Breaking breaking-news topline Source Type: news
Tick-born encephalitis likely to be present across England, health officials warn
Tick-borne encephalitis is likely to be present in several areas of England, health officials have warned. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 6, 2023 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical 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
Tick-borne encephalitis detection in England, UKHSA (published 5th April 2023)
A new risk assessment, published by a multi-agency cross-government committee, reports that tick borne encephalitis is now likely to be present in England. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Deadly virus from tick bites that causes flu-like symptoms found in three patients in the UK
Three cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in patients have been confirmed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in Yorkshire, Norfolk and on the border of Hampshire and Dorset. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
First human case of potentially deadly tick infection confirmed in UK - signs to look for
Tick-borne encephalitis can lead to severe and life-threatening infections in the central nervous system, such as meningitis or encephalitis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News 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
