Lyme disease is now in all 50 states

If you thought you were safe from Lyme disease because you don’t live in New England, where the tick-borne illness first appeared, think again. Now, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have residents who have tested positive for Lyme, a bacterial infection that can cause a wide variety of symptoms, including joint aches, fatigue, facial palsy and neck stiffness.This news comes from a report from the clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics, which analyzed the results of 6 million bloo