Tag: lyme

Why There is no Vaccine for the Lyme Disease?

The most common vector-borne illness in the U.S., the Lyme disease affects around 30,000 people every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This number, however, could be much higher, possibly reaching 300,000 cases per year, as…
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Bringing Back the Vaccine for Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is starting to spread in Canada through black-legged ticks due to warmer climate, but only dogs and horses get vaccinated against it. Such climate conditions have lead to about 20% of bugs being able to spread this disease.…
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Residents of Hamilton at Risk of Lyme Disease

Ontario now has a new city on its Lyme disease map and that is Hamilton. The information does not come as a surprise to health care officials since the tick’s population has been slowly migrating up north. The concerns are…
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