The Rise of Lyme Disease in Northern California

San Francisco NPR radio station KQED’s Forum interview program examines what's causing the surge of tick-borne diseases and how Lyme Disease in particular is affecting Northern California.

Host Michael Krasny presents an excellent panel discussion with guests:

Mary Beth Pfeiffer, investigative journalist and author of ‘Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change’

Raphael Stricker M.D., physician and past president, International Lyme & Associated Diseases Society (ILADS)

Andrea Swei, biologist and assistant professor, San Francisco State University

Along with call-ins and online questions from a number of people suffering the affects of tick-borne disease.

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A picture taken at the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in Maison-Alfort, on July 20, 2016 shows a tick, whose bite can transmit Lyme disease. (Photo: Bertrand Guay/Getty Images)