Women might be more likely to develop drug-resistant infections than men — an under-recognized aspect of the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance go.nature.com/45flb7G

This isn’t new and happens every year but for some reason, people keep sending me this article. #Bubonic #Plague #Vectorborne #Fleas usatoday.com/story/news/hea…

A single bite by a nymph or adult female tick has the potential to transmit multiple infections. Doctors who look sometimes find two, three, or even four tick-borne diseases in a single patient. READ MORE: lymedisease.org/ticks-transmit…

Great talk from Dr. DeBiasi from Children's National Hospital 🏥 at NASEM Health #Lyme conference addressing solid evidence of maternal-fetal transmission (min 10-14). Her session is first and also addresses ped. burden of disease - thx to Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation for funding! Bay Area Lyme Foundation LymeHope

#9 Tick of the day: Ixodes scapularis from Connecticut. We detected 3 pathogens from this single tick: #Borrelia burgdorferi, #Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and #Babesia microti.

PolyBio is excited to be supporting this new project by Nadia Roan & team at UCSF. The study is analyzing endometrial biopsy tissue to improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying long COVID in women: polybio.org/projects/sars-…

An open-access, in depth review for how #SARSCoV2 can induce platelet activation, endothelial dysfunction, pro-inflammatory effects, and promote progression of atherosclerosis #LongCovid sciencedirect.com/science/articl… h/t Ruth Ann Crystal, MD JACC Journals Vignesh Chidambaram MD, MPH

New | Hitchhiker’s Guide to Borrelia burgdorferi | Journal of Bacteriology. This is SO good! They should teach this in Med School! Covers everything except how to treat those Bb persisters. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb…

First human case of #Powassan virus detected in Allegheny County, PA. Spread by Ixodes ticks, this rare virus can cause severe brain inflammation. Stay vigilant and take preventive measures! 🧬🧪 CDC PA Department of Health #PowassanVirus #TickBorneDiseases post-gazette.com/news/health/20…

A team led by CUNY Graduate Center biologists has produced a DNA map of 47 strains of #LymeDisease. Researchers said this could enable more accurate diagnostic tests and treatments tailored to the bacteria causing each patient’s illness. lymedisease.org/map-dna-lyme-d…

New single-tier #serology test for #LymeDisease. Peptide-based, multiplex, point-of-care compatible, and uses a cellphone reader. Project used biobank samples. #diagnostics nature.com/articles/s4146…

A new @nature feature on the low bar for regulatory approval for #AI in medicine, lack of transparency and rigorous studies, and how it's holding back the field and implementation nature.com/articles/d4158… Mariana Lenharo

The IGeneX ImmunoBlot has been converted to an FDA cleared kit! The FDA-cleared product is called the iDart™ Lyme IgG ImmunoBlot Kit. These kits are not available for sale to consumers, but only to labs such as IGeneX. #igenex #immunoblots #idfishtechnology #fda #Lyme

Microglia serve as conduits for the export of toxic protein aggregates from neurons and the import of healthy organelles, keeping neurodegeneration at bay go.nature.com/4dXkIuh

Huge news! 🎊 TUSM researchers (Tufts University Lyme Disease Initiative), led by Dr. Linden Hu, secured a $20.7 million NIH grant to study chronic #LymeDisease. The largest NIH-backed study yet, it aims to unlock the mysteries behind long-term symptoms. Read more: ow.ly/8vSp50Tpr1Q

Why do startups fail? Raise money after you confirm market need, and stay nimble until you validate the business model. Do this, and you’ve already dodged the first two failure traps. 🚀

The US Department of Health and Human Services will hold a virtual “community engagement” session on October 24, focusing on the mental health and neurological effects of tick-borne diseases. READ MORE lymedisease.org/hhs-mental-hea…

Maine's moose population is under threat from winter ticks, leading to high calf mortality rates. Climate change is exacerbating the problem by creating favorable conditions for tick proliferation. Efforts are underway to study and mitigate this issue. wbur.org/news/2024/12/2…

Free Continuing Education for Healthcare Providers Enhance your knowledge on Lyme disease, RMSF, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and viral tickborne diseases with the CDC expert-led courses. cdc.gov/ticks/hcp/trai… What’s Included? ✅ Up-to-date guidance on diagnosis and

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