Tick-Borne Disease Part II: Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
At present there is a serious outbreak in Iraq of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, a rare but deadly tick-borne disease. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
'Outdoorsy' Father-of-two, 65, left suffering memory problems with Lyme disease
Russell Bell, 65, from Raleigh in North Carolina, was only diagnosed with the tick-borne disease after he went for tests nine months after developing symptoms. He died earlier this year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Outdoorsy' Father-of-two, 60, left suffering memory problems with Lyme disease
Russell Bell, 65, from Raleigh in North Carolina, was only diagnosed with the tick-borne disease after he went for tests nine months after developing symptoms. He died earlier this year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Breast Milk as Route of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Transmission Breast Milk as Route of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Transmission
Could mothers transmit tick-borne encephalitis virus to their infants through breastfeeding?Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Monkeypox isn ’t the disease we should be worried about | John Vidal
Climate change is likely to exacerbate the rapid spread of viruses and pathogens as humans encroach on the natural worldIn the past three weeks there have been nearly 100 cases and 18 human deaths from arare tick-borne disease in Iraq; afourth case of the Ebola virus and more than 100 cases of bubonic plague have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and just two years after Africa was declared free of wild polio, new cases have turned up inMalawi and Mozambique. A dangerous strain of typhus is circulating in Nepal, India and China. There are alarming outbreaks on several continents of mosquito diseases such as m...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Monkeypox Infectious diseases Microbiology Science World news Farming Animals Environment Source Type: news
The Growing Threat Of Tick-Borne Disease Part I: Powassan Virus
Due to the combination of an incredibly short transmission time and the severity of the neurological symptoms of the resulting illness, Powassan virus is a growing threat to public health and safety throughout the range of the blacklegged tick. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 23, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & 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
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Loses 15,000 Cattle to Tick-Borne Diseases
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe lost about 15 328 cattle due to tick-borne diseases between 2014 and 2020, resulting in huge economic losses in cattle assets and farm savings in the country, a new document shows. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Woman in Cambridge is diagnosed with deadly 'eye-bleeding fever' after returning from Central Asia
The unidentified woman was diagnosed with the tick-borne disease at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has been moved to a specialist hospital in London. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health 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
Zimbabwe: Tick Borne Diseases Under Control
[The Herald] There is a significant improvement in the burden of tick borne diseases and cattle deaths due to continuous high temperatures and dry conditions, Midlands provincial veterinary director Dr Martin Sibanda has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases Intensifies
[The Herald] Herald Reporter (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 4, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases Are on the Rise. But Why? Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases Are on the Rise. But Why?
The complex interplay of ticks, their habitats and hosts — along with changes in land use and climate — may be enabling the spread of the pathogens they carry.Knowable Magazine (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 4, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Vet Dept Issues Tick-Borne Diseases Warning
[The Herald] Communal farmers are advised to religious take their cattle for dipping in order to control tick borne diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Not Much New in New Clinical Guidelines for Tick-Borne Illness Not Much New in New Clinical Guidelines for Tick-Borne Illness
The guidelines focus on resource-limited settings.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - January 13, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
