Ticks don’t like cold weather, but the below-zero temperatures expected later this week will not be enough to kill the disease-spreading arachnids.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Lyme disease rebounding in Maine this year
The state recorded 1,433 cases through Aug. 14, nearly matching the yearly total for 2021.
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SMES students win Lyme disease awareness poster contest
Third grader Maisey Emery and fifth grader Anna Moffett each won for their age division in the annual Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Two Stratton students earn contest honors
Students at Stratton Elementary School designed posters on the theme “Tick Wise.” Each poster illustrated at least one tick prevention tip.
Posted inNation / World, New England
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.
Posted inMaine
More ticks testing positive for Lyme disease in Maine
The rate of infection for Lyme disease grew by almost 6% last year.
Posted inMaine
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
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.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
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.