Pediatricians See Summer Spike in Lyme Disease August 10, 2023 Increase in Lyme Disease Cases Among Children As summer arrives and families spend more time outdoors, pediatricians are seeing a spike in Lyme disease cases among children. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted through the bite of infected blacklegged […]
Alpha-gal Syndrome: The Rising Meat Allergy Linked to Tick Bites In a recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers have warned of a significant increase in cases of alpha-gal syndrome, a rare meat allergy caused by tick bites. According to the CDC, as many as 450,000 people in the […]
