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WEST HARTFORD –It is officially summer, and with that in mind, it is especially important to be on the lookout for ticks. “It is unsettling, I’€™ve had Lyme disease, my daughter has had Lyme disease, and my dog, who is now deceased, has had Lyme disease, so it’s something that I’€™m familiar with, and I do worry about,” said Bernard … Read More

Brad Schwartz says that the protocol for treating late-stage Lyme needs to be changed. Source: Long Island News from the Long Island Press

The three-dimensional image showed probable drug-binding pockets on the surface of the virus, as well as distinctions from its flavivirus relatives. Source: r20.rs6.net

You know the usual suspects. North Carolina has plenty of ants, flies, bees, wasps, mosquitoes, flies, spiders and more. But here are some insects, and their relatives, anthropods, that you may not have heard of. Source: heraldonline

With spiders abounding in Michigan recently, these are the five most common spiders Michiganders may find. Source: Detroit Free Press

A bite from alone star tick can cause a person to develop a rare allergy against a sugar found exclusively in red meats. Source: Quartz

Evanston woman finds treatment for Lyme disease in Mexico Source: Uinta County Herald

As Lyme and other tick-borne diseases worsen in the U.S., new efforts Seek to fill in the gaps. Source: Scientific American

Ticks capable of transmitting Lyme disease and other illnesses appear to be at unusually high numbers all across Connecticut. Source: courant.com

Railroad worker William Nami suffered permanent damage from West Nile virus that he likely contracted at work. So he sued his employer, and here’s what happened. Source: Reader’s Digest