WMS Issues Guidelines on Tickborne Illness in the U.S.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 29, 2021 -- In clinical practice guidelines issued by the Wilderness Medical Society and published online Dec. 4 in Wilderness& Environmental Medicine, recommendations are presented for the prevention and management of tickborne... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 29, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
TicoVac (Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine Suspension for Intramuscular Injection) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - October 22, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
He Was Suddenly Sick and Shaking Violently. What Was Going On?
Was it a tick-borne parasite — or something weirder? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Malaria Medicine and Health Source Type: news
Black patients ’ Lyme disease often diagnosed late, possibly due to missed signs
FINDINGSA UCLA study suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black patients. The disease, caused by the tick-borne Borrelia bacterium, generally begins with a bull ’s-eye–shaped rash on the skin, along with fever, headache, chills and muscle pain; if not diagnosed promptly and treated with antibiotics, it can lead to more severe and long-lasting symptoms.UCLA ’s Dr. Dan Ly found that approximately 1 in 3 Black patients who were newly diagnosed with Lyme disease already had related neurological complications such as meningitis, ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 1, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
TicoVac (Tick-Borne Encephalitis Vaccine Suspension for Intramuscular Injection) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - August 25, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
FDA Approves Pfizer's Tick-borne Encephalitis Vaccine FDA Approves Pfizer's Tick-borne Encephalitis Vaccine
TicoVac is the only vaccine for tick-borne encephalitis to be approved in the United States.News Alerts (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - August 17, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Alert Source Type: news
FDA Approves TicoVac (tick-borne encephalitis vaccine) to Prevent Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE)
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) August 13, 2021 -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved TicoVac (tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine) for active immunization to prevent TBE in individuals 1... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Approvals - August 13, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe
The clinical manifestations of this tickborne disease can differ according to the species causing the infection.Emerging Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
Lyme borreliosis and associations with mental disorders and suicidal behavior: a nationwide Danish cohort study - Fallon BA, Madsen T, Erlangsen A, Benros ME.
OBJECTIVE: Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne infectious disease that may confer an increased risk of mental disorders, but previous studies have been hampered by methodological limitations, including small sample sizes. The authors used a nationwide retrosp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
CDC: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is hosting a virtual meeting on September 29-30, 2021. The agenda will include discussions on cholera vaccine, hepatitis vaccines, herpes zoster vaccines, orthopoxvirus vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, and tickborne encephalitis vaccine. Includes information on how to submit public comments or request permission to make a public comment during the meeting. Registration is not required and the meeting is open to the public, available online via a live webcast. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 26, 2021 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Amid recent tick population surge in CNY, U. S. Rep. Katko highlights efforts to combat tick-borne illness like those underway at Upstate Medical
One element of Upstate's work on Lyme disease and ticks is it's wildly successful tick identification program. Since April, more than 13,000 ticks have been sent to Upstate, with nearly one-third carrying some sort of infectious disease. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - July 20, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
Even ID Specialists Can Get Tick-borne Diseases Even ID Specialists Can Get Tick-borne Diseases
Tiny arachnids are rearing their heads once again. This infectious disease doctor finds out the hard way how dangerous ticks can be.Medscape Blogs (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - July 13, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases Blog Source Type: news
Updated'Be tick aware' toolkit: Raising awareness of the potential risk posed by ticks and tick-borne disease in England
This updated toolkit provides background information on ticks, Lyme disease risk, how to improve awareness of ticks and mitigate against tick-borne diseases through the promotion of Public Health England ' s key message which is to ' be tick aware ' . (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
We Used to Have a Lyme Disease Vaccine. Are We Ready to Bring One Back?
At my animal hospital in upstate New York, an epicenter of the U.S. tick epidemic, my dog Fawn lets out a whimper as the veterinarian injects her with her annual Lyme disease shot. I roll my eyes. She doesn’t know how good she has it.
The injection means that if a tick bites her (and in rural New York, a tick always does), the creepy crawly will feast on dog blood that’s been supercharged with a Lyme bacteria-killing substance, and Lyme disease won’t be transmitted to Fawn.
I wish I could be shot up with that superpower. Currently, there is no human vaccine for Lyme disease—even though more than two...
Source: TIME: Health - June 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mandy Oaklander Tags: Uncategorized Disease feature Source Type: news
Babesiosis, a dangerous tick-borne infection that attacks red blood cells, appears to be a growing problem
The disease is most often caused by the tiny parasites and transmitted to humans in warmer months by deer ticks — the same ones that spread Lyme disease. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abby Alten Schwartz Source Type: news
