Chronic Lyme Disease In The United States
January 22, 2024
Lyme disease has been a nationally notifiable condition in the United States since 1991. Reports of Lyme disease are collected and verified by state and local health departments in accordance with their legal mandate and surveillance practices. After removal of personal identifiers, selected informa[...]
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“Lyme Disease in 2018”
August 3, 2018
An article published on August 2, 2018 in JAMA entitled Lyme Disease in 2018 provides important information regarding Lyme disease in the United States, including: “There has been considerable publicity about substantial increases in the incidence of Lyme disease; however, even though the inci[...]
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CDC Warns About Rising Risk Of Vectorborne Diseases In U.S.
May 3, 2018
In its “Vital Signs: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016” published on May 1, 2018, the CDC reported that the data regarding the occurrence of nationally reportable vectorborne diseases during 2004–2016, which are most commonly tr[...]
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May Is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May 6, 2014
May 2014 is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in the United States, focusing attention on Lyme disease prevention and treatment. The CDC’s most current statistics regarding the number of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, from 2003 through 2012, indicate that the number of confi[...]
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New Lyme Disease Statistics (2013)
September 4, 2013
The CDC reported on August 19, 2013 that preliminary estimates indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000, based on findings from three ongoing CDC studies that use different methods. The first study analyzes medical claims information for ap[...]
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Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Disaster In The United States
October 17, 2012
Every week we receive many inquiries from people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease who want to know if they have a possible medical malpractice claim for the failure of their primary care physicians or other health care providers to order timely and appropriate medical testing for Lyme dis[...]
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Misdiagnosis Of Lyme Disease
June 2, 2011
We received such a positive response to our recent blog regarding Lyme disease (posted on May 25, 2011) that we decided to further blog about the disease. Lyme Disease Statistics According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 1992 to 2006 there were a tot[...]
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