Milestone HCQU West Blog

June 26, 2024

Outdoor Safety in the Summer: Avoid Tickborne Diseases

It’s that time of year when the weather starts to warm up and we start to have outdoor activities. As we go outside to enjoy the sun so do other living things. We may not realize the prevalence. According to the Smithsonian Institute “insect /arachnids species have been found to be quite numerous, with calculations of from 3 to 23...

General/Resources

May 4, 2022

Lyme Disease: Learning from ID Connect

On April 20th, 2022 the nurses from Health Care Quality Units (HCQU’s) across the state of Pennsylvania (PA) had the opportunity to participate in a live webinar given by ID Connect physician, Dr. Antoine Auguste, MD, MPH, on Lyme Disease. Living in Western PA, I am sure that you or someone you know has been bitten by a tick. Lyme...

Community/General

August 12, 2020

Lyme-The Imitator and Quiet Epidemic of the Northeast

Fever, chills, muscle aches-first thought these days…maybe it is COVID-19? That has been at the forefront of our minds for several months. With the guidelines in place to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, more and more people are participating in outdoor activities. But it is important to realize that as we focus on the pandemic, much of the northeastern...

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Tag: Lyme disease

Outdoor Safety in the Summer: Avoid Tickborne Diseases

Lyme Disease: Learning from ID Connect

Lyme-The Imitator and Quiet Epidemic of the Northeast