Docs issue Lyme disease alert , Lyme disease cases are on the rise

• Docs issue Lyme disease alert Lyme disease cases are on the rise, and Massachusetts residents should be on high alert as warmer temperatures and melting snowbanks unleash bacteria-spreading ticks, local doctors say.“We have a lot of Lyme disease, no question. Massachusetts is one of the epicenters,” said Dr. Linden Hu, infectious diseases specialist at Tufts Medical Center. “Tick-borne illnesses are expanding both geographically and in numbers.” Enregistrer BOSTON HERALD · 220 PARTAGES · 14 AVRIL 2015