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November 17, 2022

Man with powassan virus encephalitis holding his head.

Powassan virus encephalitis contracted during winter months

In their article “Powassan Encephalitis: A Case Report from New York, USA,”  Bazer and colleagues describe a male patient who was admitted to the hospital in December due to altered mental status, dysarthria, and a left facial droop.¹ The man also had a history of multiple medical problems including of a right putamen infarct, hepatitis […]

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Patient on telemedicine visit during COVID pandemic.

3 benefits of telemedicine for Lyme disease

The study, entitled “The Impact of Telemedicine in the Diagnosis of Erythema Migrans during the COVID Pandemic: A Comparison with In-Person Diagnosis in the Pre-COVID Era,” compares clinical data of 439 patients with an erythema migrans (EM) rash before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.¹ Participants in the study were being treated at

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