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PublishedOctober 17, 2024
MaineHealth to participate in major chronic Lyme study
The research arm of Maine's largest health care network will be partnering with Tufts University.
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PublishedMay 6, 2024
MaineHealth helping test new Lyme vaccine
A researcher says earlier tests on vaccine show promise. If proven safe and effective, it could be ready for public rollout in 2 to 3 years.
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PublishedMay 3, 2024
Researchers launching tick study after record year for Lyme disease
Scientists want to learn how the weather and other wildlife influence deer tick populations and the health risks to humans. The state already has recorded 261 Lyme disease cases this year.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Lyme disease cases spike Down East and set record for Maine
Maine recorded 2,904 cases of the tick-borne infection in 2023, according to the state CDC.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2023
Lyme disease cases on near-record pace in Maine as tick population thrives
The number of Lyme disease cases in Maine so far this year is just behind last year's record pace, and the recent wet weather isn't helping.
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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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PublishedMay 31, 2022
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.
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PublishedMay 26, 2022
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.
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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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