The Growing Threat of Lyme Disease
Date and Time
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Thursday, June 13, 2019
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Fees/Admission
Free & open to the public.
Contact Information
Janet Ryan
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The Growing Threat of Lyme Disease
Description
The growing threat of ticks and their diseases will be the subject of a talk by investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer. Massachusetts has among the highest rates of Lyme disease in the nation, with 3,000 cases reported in 2016, about a tenth of the actual number. Pfeiffer will discuss how modern medicine has underestimated the epidemic’s danger by framing Lyme disease, mistakenly, as easy to diagnose and straightforward to treat.
