{"id":801846,"date":"2026-07-14T18:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801846\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:31:12","slug":"my-fingers-were-purple-tick-borne-disease-nearly-killed-a-canadian-man-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801846\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My fingers were purple\u2019: Tick-borne disease nearly killed a Canadian man &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPR1ZLZVFBMUhuMk9CanVTb3FaZ3VQRXNiVDM5LUxNZTBRZWpjRTlmOWNoejJyQkJ2aTkzeUhZTHliY2g1c3hYN0t4aGJqZm1CcDVDWHVIU2VxTkxMVDlxOXI2ekFBWUFrclhvTkwwMThybnJnYi03Q0xnMVIzMXdQVnpqQzVNVURjQ0MzMG9QUFZBVkxrWTNjYldnSWUzV3h4aHdwLWFvT3ZlOUJ1X0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018My fingers were purple\u2019: Tick-borne disease nearly killed a Canadian man<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNczRnZUxUXzZna2ZJUDdnLTJhelpjR09TaS1ZMWFiQndiOENHSTh5bWs3cjFBSEE1S2VBMlBtMVQ4YWtSWGVUTWg0akhwVEJram5fM2NmcU5mRDgwTG1TZ0FBZnhtRFVocHJlNWJSUjhKNXhRVFBQc1dGVDZPc2E5YmE4NU5feW9GMXctNk85d3VnZ21iS0JZZGJHUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Doctors on alert for tick-borne disease after Ottawa man contracts anaplasmosis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Globe and Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiS0FVX3lxTE9tM0ZxRGg2elh2anJJSTVRSFV2cVdlNUs3c00xRnRZbXJEUnhuWDV2b3hEcGRwTkw1LVBlaGx0ZXlXRy1MejdsMi1jNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Concerns About Ticks Carrying Lyme Disease Growing Across Canada<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;VOCM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxNNlk4ZHpSdjZ3V3kwdk9mTGZKR2hCYUhaWXJPLURXZl9nY1Q3bDBRSm80amJ3dE1iY3pqSms5N0twcWRvcTNYcjFGdy1YZV9wMDBHZjlFczdkbUE2N2pZN2N2WVFBVHZKcWpib0tadkZmNGVCSXE0VTBRY0tWcmMyZ1pTTEpSTzVLLXg4TlFJZTcxbUNvUVV4Z21JdzdobzEzWlNjd0psTGh6NHF1SXB5WGpjSjBKUnJmYVN3UmFxWGZvXzc2ZVZF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A \u2018rapidly rising\u2019 tick-borne disease is making rounds in Canada. It\u2019s not Lyme disease.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CP24<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxPbnFrLW14RjltVVhGd2NRTmF2ckYzM2dTWDV6ZVhaYzd5QmIwYzVTTExKODdQM1B4WUlPYndZbzRqZnVLUXc2X1RPbXMtbExpcnRCMWxPeHVNY1hDN3VuVkFuTzRHUnBFV3VNTFJCMU1uMXZMUlFQY0NyQXVmUmRxYXI4TFdxUTVTdjV6X243SURrTldwZl9vcDdaVktYR0lnOWprdUIxMEdQUU1hS1JJY3BNeFBvbkREMzB3MmtRMG4xeGVsbEVvcGlRbVhWeHBwQVNGeUYxMm9IVkg0R1BHbkdQMThVOUl1cnF4RE5tQ1BnZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tick bites don&#8217;t always lead to Lyme disease, Manitoba specialist says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Winnipeg Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018My fingers were purple\u2019: Tick-borne disease nearly killed a Canadian man&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsDoctors on alert for tick-borne disease after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-801846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}