May 26, 2020

“We estimate that migratory birds disperse 50 million to 175 million I. scapularis [deer] ticks across Canada each spring, implicating migratory birds as possibly significant in I. scapularis range expansion in Canada,” wrote Ogen and colleagues¹ in their discussion of birds and Lyme disease. A study by Scott et al., however, finds that migratory songbirds, […]

Can Bell’s palsy lead to nonflaccid facial palsy in Lyme disease?. “Nonflaccid facial paralysis is a spectrum of hypokinetic and hyperkinetic movement,” wrote Markey and colleagues in the journal Otolaryngology.¹ Hypokinetic movement involves less movement, while hyperkinetic movement involves more movement. “Clinically, this manifests as contraction of the orbicularis oris muscle simultaneous with eye closure