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Californian is infected with a rare tick-borne illness. What to know

Californian is infected with a rare tick-borne illness. What to know

Published by Sam Flores

A Northern Californian has been confirmed as the fourth-ever person diagnosed with a newly recognized and rare tick-borne disease that causes symptoms similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The California Department of Public Health confirmed the latest case of Rickettsia lanei bacteria in a patient who was diagnosed in April of this year. Two other California cases were reported in 2004 and 2023. Public health officials told The Times that the infected person “was seriously ill, hospitalized and has since been discharged and is recovering.” It is unclear how long the person was in the hospital or what their symptoms were. The state agency said it could not disclose the home county of the person but confirmed the infected person lived and worked in Northern California. Rickettsia lanei comes from the spotted fever group Rickettsia, bacteria transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected tick. In California three types of ticks — the American dog tick (Dermacentor similis), Pacific Coast tick (Dermacentor occidentalis) and brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) — can transmit the bacteria …

RFK Jr. Responds To “Explosion” in Tick-Borne, WEF-Touted Alpha-Gal Syndrome

RFK Jr. Responds To “Explosion” in Tick-Borne, WEF-Touted Alpha-Gal Syndrome

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored By Ben Bartee at Armageddon Prose Substack In response to a question on the topic posed by ZeroHedge reporter Liam Cosgrove, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently addressed the astronomical increase in alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne infection that causes potentially life-threatening allergic reactions to red meat: “Last week, I went to New Hampshire… to address this explosion of alpha-gal, and we take it very seriously. One of the epicenters is Martha’s Vineyard where 50% of the adult population is now affected. It is really a devastating disease. You can’t eat red meat for the rest of your life. We are looking at medications that can serve as both prophylactics and also potentially cures for it. We’re funding those studies now and we’re working with the companies that are making those. We’ve also launched a major effort on tick control through a number of different strategies that address deer populations… Three ticks that are causing these, most of the tick-borne diseases, all breed on deer. And we’re looking at strategies for eliminating their breeding capacity.” Secretary Kennedy tells me HHS is addressing the “explosion of Alpha Gal,” a tick-borne …