Québec 
confirms the first case of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/08/19/quebec-tick-borne-rocky-mountain-fever/
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Le Québec confirme le premier cas de la fièvre pourprée des Montagnes Rocheuses
#Québec #Health #Santé #RockyMountainSpottedFever #FièvrePourpréeDesMontagnesRocheuses
Quebec health officials say a first case of a tick-borne bacterial disease common in the United States has been detected in the province. The single case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was reported in the Eastern Townships region east of Montreal. Alex Carignan, an epidemiologist with the local health authority, says on X that the […]
‘I’d never been bitten by a tick before’: why the little blood-sucking pest is getting us into a panic | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/07/id-never-been-bitten-by-a-tick-before-why-the-little-blood-sucking-pest-is-getting-us-into-a-panic
#Ticks
#UKHealthSecurityAgency
#PortonDown
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#NewForest
#PostTreatmentLymeDiseaseSyndrome
#Borrelia
#Encephalitis
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I used to know someone who got #RockyMountainSpottedFever working as a sheep shearer in Wyoming back around when AIDS was new. The doctors didn't even bother testing for Spotted Fever until they knew for sure it wasn't AIDS, which meant at that time, sending a test off somewhere and waiting until the results came back. He survived, but he got plenty sick.
This outbreak is in Southern #California, specific to people who have been in or near #Tecate, Mexico.
Dress and use insect repellents appropriately to avoid bites, medicate your dogs to resist #tick bites. Don't play with tick-borne diseases, it's not worth it.
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