Letter: Lyme Disease is dangerous, requires aggressive treatment : berkshireeagle

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Letter: Lyme Disease is dangerous, requires aggressive treatment

Letter: Lyme Disease is dangerous, requires aggressive treatment

Dangerous Lyme Disease needs aggressive treatmentTo the editor:I disagree with some of the conclusions and recommendations on Lyme disease in the Health Take-Away on July 25.The information below is from Dr. Nevena Zubcevik, attending physician at Harvard Medical School and director of the Dean Center for Tick Borne Illnesses at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.The concept that it takes 48 hours for the tick to transmit the disease is outdated.For some tick borne illnesses it takes 15 minutes.


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Gov. Baker Vetoes Lyme Disease Mandate Bill, Proposes 'Listening Session'

Gov. Baker Vetoes Lyme Disease Mandate Bill, Proposes 'Listening Session'

Charlie Baker has vetoed a bill that would require health insurers to cover long-term antibiotic treatments for Lyme disease, his office says, and is instead proposing "compromise legislation" that would include a state-convened "listening session" on Lyme disease treatment.The bill had drawn strong support in the Legislature and from patients and their advocates, but strong opposition from health insurers and infectious disease doctors.Rhode Island and Connecticut have passed similar bills.From the veto letter:I support comprehensive coverage and access to Lyme disease treatment.


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Genetically-Engineered Mice Explored as New Tool in Fight Against Lyme Disease

Genetically-Engineered Mice Explored as New Tool in Fight Against Lyme Disease

Scientists at MIT are hoping to prevent Lyme disease on the Vineyard by releasing large numbers of genetically engineered mice into the wild.The project would still be years down the road.The proposal comes as Island biologists and health experts are pressing for expanded deer hunts as a way to interrupt the life cycle of ticks, which carry a number of diseases and depend on deer for food and habitat.Funding for the Island's tick-borne illness reduction initiative is expected to end this year.