Word: lyme
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Back in the 1950s it was polio. Nowadays the big summertime scare--at least in the suburbs of the Northeast and northern Midwest--is Lyme disease. Caught early enough, the tick-borne infection can usually be cleared by taking antibiotics. But if the corkscrew-shaped bacteria, or spirochetes, that cause Lyme disease linger undetected in the body, they can trigger crippling arthritis, serious heart problems and even nerve damage...
This summer could be different. For the first time there is a vaccine against the Lyme-causing spirochetes. It's not perfect--you need to take three shots over 12 months, and by the time you're done you're still only 80% protected. Also, the vaccine won't work against the spirochetes in Europe, hasn't been approved for children under 15 (who are at the greatest risk of developing Lyme disease) and won't allow you to relax your guard in the garden or the woods, since ticks carry other diseases as well. But for folks who live...
Councillor Timothy J. Toomey Jr. erupted in rage after Vice Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio proposed a resolution asking the Managing Director of Lyme Properties David E. Clem and East Cambridge residents concerned over the development to sit down and talk over the proposal...
...ComEnergy site at Third Street and Broadway, formerly an energy plant, is the site of a proposed 1.4 million-sq. ft. housing, office and entertainment complex, to be built by Lyme Properties, a Cambridge-based development company...
Councillor Timothy J. Toomey Jr. erupted in rage after Vice Mayor Anthony D. Galluccio proposed a resolution asking the Managing Director of Lyme Properties David E. Clem and East Cambridge residents concerned over the development to sit down and talk over the proposal...