Losing To LymeA 2017 series on why we're losing the battle against tick-borne diseases and what we can do about it7 Things I Learned While Reporting On Lyme And Other Tick-Borne DiseasesDr. David Scales offers lessons learned from his months of reporting.Local CoverageAug 31, 2017CommonHealth: Lyme Disease Rehab Center Seeks To Remain Neutral In 'Lyme Wars'The Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness provides rehab for patients who complain of long-term symptoms possibly linked to Lyme disease. ResumeRadio Boston08:20Aug 28, 2017Many Seek Care At Boston 'Tick-Borne Impairment' Clinic That Tries To Avoid Taking Sides On LymeInstead of focusing on the most contentious Lyme disease questions -- diagnostic labels, long-term antibiotics -- Spaulding Hospital's Dean Center sidesteps the controversy and focuses on treating patients’ symptoms. Local CoverageAug 25, 2017One Step Closer To Making Mice That Fight Lyme, Scientists Ask Nantucket: Should We Move Forward?If the proposal comes to fruition, it could mean that a few years from now, islanders will witness the first deliberate release of a gene-edited mammal into the environment, says...ResumeLocal Coverage04:09Aug 17, 2017What We Can Learn From The French About Fighting Lyme DiseaseFrance is the first country to release a national plan to fight Lyme disease -- though it has far fewer cases than the U.S. -- and Dr. David Scales looks...ResumeLocal Coverage05:16Aug 11, 2017AdvertisementEarly, Unofficial Doctor's Office Data Supports Prediction Of Heavy Lyme Disease SeasonOverall doctors are diagnosing about 15 percent more Lyme disease cases than they did last year, according to athenahealth -- with a lot of geographical variation.ResumeLocal Coverage01:32Jul 27, 2017Our Dogs Can Get Lyme Vaccines And We (Still) Can't. When Might We?New vaccines or antibodies against Lyme disease in humans won't be available for several years at best, but at least there are projects underway, including clinical trials that began this...ResumeLocal Coverage04:24Jul 21, 2017Map: Where Lyme Disease Is Worsening In Mass.Lyme disease is a big -- and growing -- problem in Massachusetts. Here's a county-by-county look. Local CoverageJul 18, 2017Science Shortfall: Why Don't We Know How Best To Fight Ticks And Lyme Disease?Good science takes strong funding, and researchers just don't have the money to do the high-quality studies needed to answer some of the most important ecological questions even as ticks...ResumeLocal Coverage04:51Jul 14, 2017As Ticks And Lyme Disease Spread, Prevention Efforts Limited To 'Shoestring'As ticks and the illnesses they carry continue to spread, even the most heroic efforts to educate the public are clearly not enough to stem tick-borne diseases. ResumeLocal Coverage04:59Jul 14, 2017
7 Things I Learned While Reporting On Lyme And Other Tick-Borne DiseasesDr. David Scales offers lessons learned from his months of reporting.Local CoverageAug 31, 2017
CommonHealth: Lyme Disease Rehab Center Seeks To Remain Neutral In 'Lyme Wars'The Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness provides rehab for patients who complain of long-term symptoms possibly linked to Lyme disease. ResumeRadio Boston08:20Aug 28, 2017
Many Seek Care At Boston 'Tick-Borne Impairment' Clinic That Tries To Avoid Taking Sides On LymeInstead of focusing on the most contentious Lyme disease questions -- diagnostic labels, long-term antibiotics -- Spaulding Hospital's Dean Center sidesteps the controversy and focuses on treating patients’ symptoms. Local CoverageAug 25, 2017
One Step Closer To Making Mice That Fight Lyme, Scientists Ask Nantucket: Should We Move Forward?If the proposal comes to fruition, it could mean that a few years from now, islanders will witness the first deliberate release of a gene-edited mammal into the environment, says...ResumeLocal Coverage04:09Aug 17, 2017
What We Can Learn From The French About Fighting Lyme DiseaseFrance is the first country to release a national plan to fight Lyme disease -- though it has far fewer cases than the U.S. -- and Dr. David Scales looks...ResumeLocal Coverage05:16Aug 11, 2017
Early, Unofficial Doctor's Office Data Supports Prediction Of Heavy Lyme Disease SeasonOverall doctors are diagnosing about 15 percent more Lyme disease cases than they did last year, according to athenahealth -- with a lot of geographical variation.ResumeLocal Coverage01:32Jul 27, 2017
Our Dogs Can Get Lyme Vaccines And We (Still) Can't. When Might We?New vaccines or antibodies against Lyme disease in humans won't be available for several years at best, but at least there are projects underway, including clinical trials that began this...ResumeLocal Coverage04:24Jul 21, 2017
Map: Where Lyme Disease Is Worsening In Mass.Lyme disease is a big -- and growing -- problem in Massachusetts. Here's a county-by-county look. Local CoverageJul 18, 2017
Science Shortfall: Why Don't We Know How Best To Fight Ticks And Lyme Disease?Good science takes strong funding, and researchers just don't have the money to do the high-quality studies needed to answer some of the most important ecological questions even as ticks...ResumeLocal Coverage04:51Jul 14, 2017
As Ticks And Lyme Disease Spread, Prevention Efforts Limited To 'Shoestring'As ticks and the illnesses they carry continue to spread, even the most heroic efforts to educate the public are clearly not enough to stem tick-borne diseases. ResumeLocal Coverage04:59Jul 14, 2017