Why are more people getting Lyme disease?

The recent election result in Hungary has been seen as a welcome relief within the European Union.The bloc of 27 nations has, at times, felt frustrated with the country for blocking what the other 26 members have agreed to do, especially regarding financial support for Ukraine.No ...  Show more

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A tiny bite from a tiny tick can trigger a complex disease which speaks to some huge problems with our healthcare system. In this episode, we explain the biology, controversy, and cultural blind spots around Lyme disease, a condition that reflects much more than just a bacterial ...  Show more

<div dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Dr. Linden Hu, Vice Dean for Research at Tufts University in Boston Massachusetts and Paul and Elaine Chervinsky Professor in Immunology, discusses new and ongoing research pertaining to the preventio ...  Show more

La piqûre de tique est à l’origine de cette maladie. Les arachnides transmettent la bactérie Borrelia aux animaux, comme aux humains… Une éruption cutanée apparaît souvent à l’endroit de la morsure, divers symptômes s’ensuivent (fièvre, frissons, céphalées, fatigue, douleurs musc ...  Show more

Creating a bird flu vaccine requires several layers of bioprotective clothing and typically a whole lot of eggs. H5N1 avian influenza infections have gone from flocks of chickens to herds of cattle and humans. Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are taking their ...  Show more