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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
No, this week’s deep freeze won’t mean fewer ticks this spring
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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PublishedAugust 17, 2022
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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PublishedAugust 8, 2022
Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins
While a vaccine for dogs has long been available, the only Lyme vaccine for humans was pulled off the U.S. market in 2002 from lack of demand.
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PublishedJune 28, 2022
Climate change means more mice – natural reservoirs for Lyme disease
Beyond the nuisance created by mice, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire have so far experienced the largest increases in reported cases of Lyme disease.
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PublishedJune 1, 2022
Pfizer to conduct Lyme disease vaccine trial in Maine
The trial, held at Northern Light Health system in Brewer, will span over 13 months and require patients to take 2 shots 2 months apart.
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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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PublishedMarch 22, 2022
Lyme-carrying ticks are increasing in Midcoast forest, research finds
The ticks were collected from small mammals in Holt Research Forest in Arrowsic to track the prevalence of disease.
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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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