Deer Ticks Carry Yet Another Bacterial Threat.

Deer Ticks Carry Yet Another Bacterial Threat

Lyme disease is better known, but a different germ causes an infection that may lead to dementia

By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) — People who go outdoors in several regions of the United States may have something else to worry about. Scientists report that there’s another troublesome germ hiding in the deer tick that already harbors the Lyme disease bacterium.

There are indications that the germ infects a few thousand Americans a year, potentially causing flu-like symptoms such as fever. In one newly reported case, a woman with existing medical problems appeared to have brain swelling and dementia caused by an infection.

What If the World’s Soil Runs Out? | TIME.com.

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here.

It’s a strange notion, but some experts fear the world, at its current pace of consumption, is running out of useable topsoil. The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with TIME, talked to University of Sydney professor John Crawford on the seismic implications soil erosion and degradation may have in the decades to come.

Is soil really in danger of running out?

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Deer Ticks Carry Yet Another Bacterial Threat

Deer Ticks Carry Yet Another Bacterial Threat

Lyme disease is better known, but a different germ causes an infection that may lead to dementia

What If the World’s Soil Runs Out? | TIME.com

It's all connected! Water IS water, not waste!

Deer Ticks Carry Yet Another Bacterial Threat

Lyme disease is better known, but a different germ causes an infection that may lead to dementia

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