Enrollment is open to ages 5 and older The University of Vermont Medical Center and the Vaccine Testing Center at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine will operate as a study site for a worldwide Phase 3 clinical study to […]
Tag: Lyme disease
State News
Vermont sees nation’s largest increase in Lyme disease in 10 years
Each year, approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the CDC by state health departments. As stated by the CDC, “There is no way of knowing exactly how many people get Lyme disease. A recently released estimate based […]
The Outside Story
A plague of ticks: scientists search for solutions
By Susan Shea On a hike this spring, we walked through a clear-cut area with tall grass and brambles. Afterwards, our pant legs were crawling with black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), also known as deer ticks, the kind that carry Lyme […]