Researchers are hopeful that by addressing an invasive plant problem, they might reduce the risk of tick-borne illnesses.
Managing Some Invasive Plants Might Reduce Blacklegged Ticks
Researchers are connecting two ecological problems in the Northeast in hopes of reducing the risk of tick-borne illnesses.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Researchers are hopeful that by addressing an invasive plant problem, they might reduce the risk of tick-borne illnesses.
Do you know one thing helping spread Lyme and other tick borne diseases though? Climate change.
Just to be clear: Lyme was discovered by a CDC scientist investigating what was thought to be a cluster of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis cases in Lyme CT. It is not a bioweapon, but him saying it will ABSOLUTELY lead to people coming to me and other ID docs asking for testing/treatment 🙄🤦🏻♂️
Brutal exchange between RFK Jr. and Sen. Bennet:
Bennet: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon?
Kennedy: I probably did say that.
Bennet: Did you say Lyme disease is a highly likely militarily engineered bioweapon?
Kennedy: I probably did say that.
January 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Do you know one thing helping spread Lyme and other tick borne diseases though? Climate change.
Climate change may drive migratory birds farther north, introducing exotic tick-borne diseases www.cidrap.umn.edu/tick-borne-d...
Climate change may drive migratory birds farther north, introducing exotic tick-borne diseases
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November 21, 2024 at 5:08 AM
Climate change may drive migratory birds farther north, introducing exotic tick-borne diseases www.cidrap.umn.edu/tick-borne-d...
Update on North American tick-borne diseases and how to diagnose them
Kyle Rodino, Eli Theel, Bobby Pritt
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Kyle Rodino, Eli Theel, Bobby Pritt
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July 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Update on North American tick-borne diseases and how to diagnose them
Kyle Rodino, Eli Theel, Bobby Pritt
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Kyle Rodino, Eli Theel, Bobby Pritt
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Rare pride flag: tick-borne illness
August 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Rare pride flag: tick-borne illness
As tick season ramps up, keep in mind importance of preserving any tick that attaches. In theory, a tick not engorged cannot pass on disease, but there can still be infection and for peace of mind I always send them to the Tick Report. Testing is fast and not that expensive. 1/2 www.tickreport.com
Tickreport.com: Cost Effective Tick Testing for Tick Borne Diseases in 2 to 3 Business Days
Identify tick specimens with science laboratory DNA and RNA based testing by mail for 25 different pathogens and diseases.
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May 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
As tick season ramps up, keep in mind importance of preserving any tick that attaches. In theory, a tick not engorged cannot pass on disease, but there can still be infection and for peace of mind I always send them to the Tick Report. Testing is fast and not that expensive. 1/2 www.tickreport.com
HHS announced new funding to lower risk of tick-borne diseases
The grants will fund research aimed at reducing tick populations in the US.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4z0SxVg
📷: NY State IPM program/ Flickr cc
The grants will fund research aimed at reducing tick populations in the US.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4z0SxVg
📷: NY State IPM program/ Flickr cc
September 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
HHS announced new funding to lower risk of tick-borne diseases
The grants will fund research aimed at reducing tick populations in the US.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4z0SxVg
📷: NY State IPM program/ Flickr cc
The grants will fund research aimed at reducing tick populations in the US.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4z0SxVg
📷: NY State IPM program/ Flickr cc
Tick-borne diseases are spreading like crazy and a lot of them are fucking awful. DEET is your friend. Use it.
September 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tick-borne diseases are spreading like crazy and a lot of them are fucking awful. DEET is your friend. Use it.
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism? n.pr/4eyOtEn
If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
n.pr
June 27, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism? n.pr/4eyOtEn
Maine has been battling Lyme disease for decades. By reauthorizing the bipartisan Kay Hagan Tick Act, we can keep fighting this disease by funding critical research and testing. It’s one small way we can work together to keep Maine people safe and healthy.
Maine Senators Support Reauthorization of Bill Targeting Tick-Borne Diseases
Maine’s U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King are backing legislation aimed at strengthening the nation’s response to tick-borne illnesses, including Lyme disease.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Maine has been battling Lyme disease for decades. By reauthorizing the bipartisan Kay Hagan Tick Act, we can keep fighting this disease by funding critical research and testing. It’s one small way we can work together to keep Maine people safe and healthy.
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
n.pr
June 27, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
If a Lyme disease vaccine gets approved, how would it go over? We asked hunters
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
n.pr
July 5, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Drugmakers are working on a potential new shot to prevent the tick-borne illness. How might it fare in the era of vaccine skepticism?
These dogs don't know what Bravecto is. They don't know who paid for it. They just know life is a little safer today.
GAR supporters funded Bravecto tablets for stray dogs cared for by Giannis in northern Greece, helping protect them from flea and tick-borne diseases.
Prevention matters. ❤️
GAR supporters funded Bravecto tablets for stray dogs cared for by Giannis in northern Greece, helping protect them from flea and tick-borne diseases.
Prevention matters. ❤️
June 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM
These dogs don't know what Bravecto is. They don't know who paid for it. They just know life is a little safer today.
GAR supporters funded Bravecto tablets for stray dogs cared for by Giannis in northern Greece, helping protect them from flea and tick-borne diseases.
Prevention matters. ❤️
GAR supporters funded Bravecto tablets for stray dogs cared for by Giannis in northern Greece, helping protect them from flea and tick-borne diseases.
Prevention matters. ❤️
Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial.
Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.
Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.
Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.
Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.
March 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Pfizer just announced that its Lyme disease vaccine reduced the number of tick-borne infections by over 70% in a phase 3 trial.
Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.
Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.
Warning: GSK pulled a Lyme vaccine in 2002 despite studies showing it posed no serious safety risks.
Any new Lyme vaccine is going to be a huge target for antivaxxers.
Scientists move toward trying to develop an mRNA vaccine against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Study suggests an mRNA vaccine could make humans resistant to ticks bearing Lyme disease
Scientists move toward trying to develop an mRNA vaccine against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
buff.ly
March 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Scientists move toward trying to develop an mRNA vaccine against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Tick-borne Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever detected in Quebec and Ontario www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Tick-borne Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever detected in Quebec and Ontario
Canada’s first known human case of a potentially deadly tick-borne illness has been documented in Quebec.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Tick-borne Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever detected in Quebec and Ontario www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Every person who gets a mosquito or tick-borne illness should sue Donald Trump personally.
The Onion really needs to up its game if it's going to be competitive with whitehouse.gov
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October 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Every person who gets a mosquito or tick-borne illness should sue Donald Trump personally.
Oh yeah 🫤
Scientists find new virus behind mysterious tick illness
Scientists have discovered a new tick-borne virus in China that causes flu-like illness and may account for previously unexplained cases of fever, fatigue, digestive problems, and low platelet counts....
www.sciencedaily.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Oh yeah 🫤
‘Spreading like wildfire’: How one KY county is grappling with a national tick-borne scourge
From @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/29/s...
From @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/29/s...
‘Spreading like wildfire’: How one KY county is grappling with a national tick-borne scourge • Kentucky Lantern
Alpha-gal syndrome is yet another illness connected to ticks that's continuing to emerge in Kentucky.
kentuckylantern.com
September 29, 2026 at 10:53 AM
‘Spreading like wildfire’: How one KY county is grappling with a national tick-borne scourge
From @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/29/s...
From @liamniemeyer.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/29/s...
Oh great. An untreatable, possibly fatal virus passed by ticks is spreading in the USA.
Good thing we have the CDC looking out for us, am I right?
Good thing we have the CDC looking out for us, am I right?
First Case of Bourbon Virus, Which Is Untreatable and Potentially Fatal, Confirmed in New York
The first confirmed case of the tick-borne Bourbon virus, which is extremely rare and potentially fatal, has been identified in New York.
people.com
August 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Oh great. An untreatable, possibly fatal virus passed by ticks is spreading in the USA.
Good thing we have the CDC looking out for us, am I right?
Good thing we have the CDC looking out for us, am I right?
Illinois resident sickened by tick-borne illness never reported in state before.
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i...
Illinois resident sickened by tick-borne illness never reported in state before
An Illinois resident has become seriously ill with a tick-borne virus that has never been detected in Illinois before.
www.nbcchicago.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Illinois resident sickened by tick-borne illness never reported in state before.
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/i...
So consider this a PSA: tick-borne illness is worth taking seriously - even if you never saw a tick or the classic bull’s-eye rash.
The risk itself is changing. Climate isn’t the only factor but warming temperatures expand suitable tick habitat and lengthen the season when ticks are active.
The risk itself is changing. Climate isn’t the only factor but warming temperatures expand suitable tick habitat and lengthen the season when ticks are active.
September 29, 2026 at 11:49 PM
So consider this a PSA: tick-borne illness is worth taking seriously - even if you never saw a tick or the classic bull’s-eye rash.
The risk itself is changing. Climate isn’t the only factor but warming temperatures expand suitable tick habitat and lengthen the season when ticks are active.
The risk itself is changing. Climate isn’t the only factor but warming temperatures expand suitable tick habitat and lengthen the season when ticks are active.
Finding the tick-borne encephalitis cellular gateway could transform prevention and treatment
go.nature.com/3Kqp5E9
go.nature.com/3Kqp5E9
How a tick-borne virus enters human cells
Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway it uses could transform prevention and treatment.
go.nature.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Finding the tick-borne encephalitis cellular gateway could transform prevention and treatment
go.nature.com/3Kqp5E9
go.nature.com/3Kqp5E9
I'm glad to see @BuzzFeed running educational content about tick- and vector-borne illness like #lyme, but I must disagree with Dr Shapiro, who is quoted in this article, that an infected tick *has* to be on for 24-36 hrs to transmit Lyme Disease. The
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Tick Experts Are Revealing The 6 Things They'd Never, Ever Do Outdoors, And Everyone Should Really Listen Up — BuzzFeed
Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.
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July 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I'm glad to see @BuzzFeed running educational content about tick- and vector-borne illness like #lyme, but I must disagree with Dr Shapiro, who is quoted in this article, that an infected tick *has* to be on for 24-36 hrs to transmit Lyme Disease. The
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