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What The Health?! Man contracts nasty fungal infection while gardening — but what's the risk?
It's often referred to as "rose gardener’s disease."
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Powassan virus is deadlier than Lyme disease — but do you need to worry?
Lyme disease is reason enough to steer clear of pesky ticks, but experts are reporting the spread of a far deadlier tick-borne disease — one that has no treatment. It’s called Powassan virus and it’s transmitted by deer ticks just like Lyme disease. The good news is Powassan is still relatively rare in Canada, says Dr. Matthew Gilmour, the scientific director general of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s national microbiology laboratory.
