Etiket: Lyme
Public inquiry report | Coroner makes no statement on Amélie Champagne’s diagnosis of Lyme disease
The fact that Amélie Champagne had Lyme disease or not when she committed suicide does not change the findings and recommendations of the public inquiry, believes the coroner, Me Julie-Kim…
More and more municipalities located in areas endemic for Lyme disease
Lyme disease is continually progressing in Quebec with an increase in the number of cases and new municipalities in the endemic zone each year, confirms the National Institute of Public…
Lyme disease still on the rise
For ten years, the number of cases of Lyme disease recorded in Quebec has been increasing and, according to the first figures revealed by the Ministry of Health and Social…
Lyme disease | Ticks attacking Quebec
The blacklegged tick, through which Lyme disease is transmitted to humans, risks establishing itself in most of the inhabited territory of Quebec, show new projections from the National Institute of…
The University of Sherbrooke launches a research chair in Lyme disease
Cases of Lyme disease have been increasing in Quebec over the past fifteen years. And this is only “the tip of the iceberg”, according to microbiologist-infectious disease specialist Alex Carignan.…
Investigation into the death of Amélie Champagne | A third of clinics announced to treat Lyme disease are operational
Nearly two years after the announcement of around fifteen clinics for “post-infectious symptoms caused by COVID-19 and Lyme disease”, only a third of these clinics deal with Lyme disease, a…
this farmer suffers from Lyme disease like Justin Bieber
The new farmers of Love is in the meadow are known. Throughout the month of January, M6 broadcasts the portraits new candidates for the nineteenth season, which will be filmed…
Lyme disease: exhausted and at the end of resources, she requests medical assistance in dying
Heavily affected by Lyme disease, Stéphanie Lavoie is exhausted from fighting. Her condition does not improve despite the treatments received in Mexico and here, she feels abandoned by the system,…
Estrie will participate in the development of a vaccine against Lyme disease
Estrie will participate in the development of a vaccine against Lyme disease, which is scheduled for release by 2026. • Read also: Bromont is the epicenter of a new tick-borne…
Lyme disease | “Ticks are here to stay”
Ticks are gaining ground in Quebec. Lyme disease too. Posted at 1:39 a.m. Updated at 5:00 a.m. What there is to know For the year 2022, 586 cases of Lyme…
Lyme disease | Rebound in cases in Quebec in 2021
(Montreal) Lyme disease resumed its progression in Quebec in 2021, after a drop in the number of cases observed in 2020. Posted at 7:19 The most recent data released earlier…
Eastern Townships | A tool to counter Lyme disease
Two researchers have designed a Lyme disease risk map in Estrie that takes into account the number of infected ticks in an area and the preventive behaviors adopted by the…
the tick, vector of Lyme disease
Posted on 06/04/2023 17:09 Video length: 2 min. France 3 Article written by R. Doreau, J. Boscq, E. Foissac, S. Fabre – France 3 France Televisions With the onset of…
New clinic for long-term COVID and chronic Lyme disease opens at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal
A clinic dedicated to people struggling with long-term COVID or persistent symptoms of Lyme disease has just opened at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. This reference center, which will…
Have you been bitten by a tick? Here’s everything you need to do to avoid Lyme disease
BILLET – At Easter, I got bitten by a tick. I found her the same evening, firmly planted in my back. Right away I thought of Lyme disease and to…
Treatments Prove Effective Against Lyme Disease
A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ Open) indicates that the treatments given to people with Lyme disease are working very well. While the cases have continued…
Ticks carrying Lyme disease more numerous this year
Researchers say the prevalence of Lyme disease-carrying ticks is expected to be higher than ever in most of Canada this year. Vett Lloyd, researcher and director of the Lloyd Tick…
More ticks carrying Lyme disease this year
(Halifax) Researchers say the prevalence of Lyme disease-carrying ticks is expected to be higher than ever in most of Canada this year. Posted at 6:15 a.m. Lyndsay Armstrong The Canadian…
Lyme disease
What is it about ? Ticks and bacteria Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is an infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia, the most common species of which is Borrelia burgdorferi.…