A Directory to Tick Borne Information
Empire State Lyme Disease Association, Inc PO Box 874 Manorville, NY 11949 631-878-6657 WWW.EmpireStateLymeDiseaseAssociation.org EmpireStateLyme@aol.com New York State Department of Health, OPMC and BPMC June 20, 2013 Dear Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner, and Kendrick Sears, MD, Head of…
How To Remove a Tick Use tweezers or a tick remover to remove the tick. Do not try to remove it with your bare hands. Pull steadily upward holding the tick as close to your skin as possible to make…
A 6-year-old North Carolina girl has died from Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks. Emilee Russell of Black Mountain, N.C., died Wednesday, two-and-a-half weeks after she was bitten by a tick over Memorial Day weekend, ABC…
LYME DISEASE MASS PROTEST! WE NEED YOUR HELP! Tell the CDC and IDSA what you think about their guidelines for Lyme Disease on their Facebook pages!! Tell them that change needs to happen in diagnosing and treating Lyme Disease. Tell…
It is not too late to help spread Lyme Disease Awareness this year. We don’t have to stop in May. May is so busy with walks, rallies and protests, and I know we are all exhausted. So here is a…