Lyme disease

Washington DC, July 23, 2008 -- Biodiversity has long been recognized by EPA as critical for environmental well-being. Humans rely on healthy ecosystems to provide food, clean air, and drinking water. But less understood is the connection between disease and biodiversity (the number and variety of plants and animals found in a geographic region). Recent studies suggest that maintaining biodiversity may protect us against diseases such as Lyme disease and West Nile encephalitis, the disease caused by West Nile Virus.    » read more »

November 6, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state has launched a three-part Lyme disease surveillance and education program.

“Thousands of patients with Lyme disease visit Connecticut doctors every year,” Governor Rell said. “We aim to increase community awareness about Lyme, but we also are pushing forward in our efforts to track Lyme disease cases electronically.”    » read more »

06-15-2007 -- Each year, Oklahoma consistently ranks among those states with the highest numbers of tickborne illnesses, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), ehrlichiosis, and tularemia. In 2006, 183 cases of tickborne illnesses were reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Thus far in 2007, 35 cases of tickborne illness have been reported in the state.    » read more »

Increased reports of ticks this season

May 15, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, Illinois state public health director, is warning residents to take precautions against ticks and the diseases they carry after an increased number of reports from the public to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).    » read more »

Now is the time to prevent tick bites, protect yourself from three diseases, they say

May 7, 2007 -- Lyme disease is still the state’s most commonly reported tick-borne disease, but two other diseases—human anaplasmosis and babesiosis—can result from deer tick bites in Minnesota, warn state health officials.    » read more »