Lyme Disease

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has started clinical trials of a new vaccine that they hope will protect people against Lyme disease caused by tick bites.

Lyme disease vaccine trials planned for Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are garnering a lot of interest, according to officials on the Vineyard.

State agencies, health departments and local pest control agencies in Connecticut explored the challenges of tick and mosquito-borne diseases during a statewide symposium Tuesday.

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Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have more than doubled in the United States over the past 10 years, with about 500,000 cases annually.New York…

Yale researchers have discovered a protein that could help protect against Lyme disease.Lyme disease is transmitted to humans by ticks infected with a…

People have taken extra precautions to avoid making themselves vulnerable to COVID-19. They wear masks and gloves when in public places. But social…

Suffolk County health officials have stepped up their battle against ticks with a new public awareness campaign.The new program aims to reduce Suffolk’s…

State agricultural experts say 32 towns in Connecticut have high rates of residents contracting Lyme disease.Windham, Tolland and New London Counties have…

A Connecticut man has died after he contracted a rare tick-borne illness. The state medical examiner says fifty-five year old Michael Yoder of New Milford…