Born #OTD, Joseph E. Smadel won the 1962 #LaskerAward for the treatment of rickettsial diseases—scrub typhus, epidemic typhus fever, and #rockymountainspottedfever (pictured below)—which have ravaged people throughout history. 🧪
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever found - Ontario OUT of DOORS Magazine Grand Erie Public Health Unit asks people to be vigilant after Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a tick-borne disease, was confirmed in the area.

Grand Erie Public Health Unit asks people to be vigilant after Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, a tick-borne disease, was confirmed in the area. Read more on OOD Online.
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Invasive ticks are expanding across the U.S., driving up Lyme & Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases.

Climate change & trade fuel their rise - a growing threat to public health, pets & livestock.

#TheLolgic #USA #LymeDisease #RockyMountainSpottedFever

#Quebec has reported a case of the potentially deadly tick-borne disease #RockyMountainSpottedFever. Infectious diseases specialist #Dr.IsaacBogoch says the infection is rare but can be deadly. It is easily treatable with antibiotics, he says, but prevention is key. 🇨🇦
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Québec :flagqc: confirms the first case of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Le Québec :flagqc: confirme le premier cas de la fièvre pourprée des Montagnes Rocheuses […]

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PLEASE take measures to prevent tick-borne diseases, like Alpha-gal syndrome ( #AGS ), #Lyme disease, #Anaplasmosis, #Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Powassan ( #POW ), #RockyMountainSpottedFever, and #Tularemia🩸🧫🩸

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Researchers discover novel bacteria linked to deadly fever in New England ticks UMass Amherst researchers have discovered a new bacteria in Maine rabbit ticks linked to an infection that can be deadly for humans.

Novel #bacteria linked to deadly #fever in New England #ticks discovered ...

| #NewEngland | #infection | #Maine | #pathogen | #RockyMountainSpottedFever | Via @masslive.bsky.social

Born #OTD, Joseph E. Smadel of NIH won the 1962 #LaskerAward for the treatment of rickettsial diseases—scrub typhus, epidemic typhus fever, and #rockymountainspottedfever (pictured below)—which have ravaged people throughout history. https://buff.ly/4j4fiR6