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PublishedApril 22, 2022
MIT researchers propose fighting Lyme by releasing mice on Nantucket
They want to release hundreds of thousands of native white-footed mice engineered to resist the bacteria that causes Lyme in an effort to slow disease transmission.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2022
More ticks testing positive for Lyme disease in Maine
The rate of infection for Lyme disease grew by almost 6% last year.
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PublishedJune 29, 2021
Maine CDC reports one case of Powassan virus
The rare virus, which can cause serious health problems, is caused by deer ticks or woodchuck ticks.
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PublishedMay 19, 2021
Dog ticks having an early population boom in Maine
But officials say the dry weather might keep a lid on the numbers of Lyme-disease carrying deer ticks, which usually emerge in June and July.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2021
Lyme disease cases could be 10 times higher than records show, CDC finds
Maine set a record in 2019 with 2,079 cases of the tick-borne illness, but a federal report suggests the actual number is much higher.
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PublishedJune 26, 2020
Mt. Blue Middle School student wins Lyme disease poster contest
The Maine CDC hosts a poster contest every May for Maine kindergarten to eighth grade students to raise awareness about diseases caused by ticks.
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
Maine disease researchers get loads of tick submissions
Researchers who track the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases in Maine are getting more submissions of the pests this year
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2020
Lyme disease cases in Maine hit a record high last year
The state had at least 2,079 cases of the tick-borne illness in 2019, well above the 1,852 cases in 2018 – and more reports may come in.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2020
Tick-borne illnesses Lyme and anaplasmosis increased in Maine in 2019
Since 2012, the state has had a more-than tenfold increase in cases of anaplasmosis, which has more severe symptoms than Lyme disease.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2019
Two tick-borne diseases surge in Maine, even as Lyme cases drop off
Anaplasmosis and babesiosis cases are surging, while reported cases of Lyme disease are lower so far in 2019 than in previous years.
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