MIT researchers propose fighting Lyme by releasing mice on Nantucket

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Published
April 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.
Published
February 14, 2022

More ticks testing positive for Lyme disease in Maine

The rate of infection for Lyme disease grew by almost 6% last year.
Published
June 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.
Published
May 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
June 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.
Published
May 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
Published
January 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.
Published
January 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.
Published
October 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.