Lyme Disease

Olivia Goodreau, founder of the LivLyme Foundation and creator of the TickTracker app, speaks at the foundation's 2017 gala. Goodreau contracted Lyme disease after being bit by a tick near Lake of the Ozarks. July 17 2019

Teen Creates App To Track Ticks After Contracting Lyme Disease In Missouri

Olivia Goodreau is trying to help other people avoid what happened to her: Lyme disease.Goodreau partnered with thePLAN, a software company in central…

A deer tick, one of the most common ticks in the Midwest and the carrier of several diseases, such as Lyme Disease.

Health, Science, Environment

Despite doctors’ assumptions, Lyme only a small sliver of area’s tick-borne diseases

Sarah Fentem

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A small survey of St. Louis-area physicians found doctors greatly overestimate the prevalence of Lyme disease and underestimate the prevalence of other…

Health, Science, Environment

Honeysuckle plus deer equals abundance of ticks

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 11, 2010 - Invaders wreak havoc. No, we are not referring to Attila the Hun or Hagar the…