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As part of its “Tick-Borne Diseases & Associated Illnesses: National Community Engagement Initiative,” the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will hold a public meeting in San Francisco on June 11. According to the HHS website, the meetings will... Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a closed meeting and a public webinar on May 23 to share information about the newly developed vector-borne disease national strategy. Vectors—biting insects and arachnids like mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and lice—can... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., has announced a study finding a new mechanism of immune evasion used by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This study is the first to identify the specific Borrelia... Read More »

Center for Lyme Action Presents The Congressional Lyme Series Lyme and Military Readiness An in-person event on Monday, June 3, in Washington DC REGISTER Remarks by Members of Congress Keynote Address by U.S Department of Defense Featured Speaker Col. Nicole Malachowski, USAF... Read More »

By Milena Pastore Join Soul Tribe Yoga Collective’s Lyme Disease Awareness Month Meditation Challenge in partnership with the Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association. This challenge and Weekly Community Meditations are open to all with tick-borne disease in all... Read More »

By Tulane University Tulane University researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, offering hope to patients who suffer from long-term effects of the bacterial infection, even after antibiotic... Read More »

Lindsay Keys is co-director of the Lyme documentary “The Quiet Epidemic. “ “Law and Order” actor Chris Meloni’s family has dealt with chronic Lyme disease for years. The two have teamed up to persuade Congress to devote more resources to Lyme... Read More »

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, led by philanthropist Alex Cohen, has launched Phase 3 of the LymeX Diagnostics Prize through a fiscal sponsorship with the Digital Harbor Foundation. This phase invites six teams from Phase 2 to plan clinical performance studies for... Read More »

Understanding the effects of Lyme disease on the developing fetal brain is essential to ensure timely prenatal and postnatal treatments to protect the fetus and newborn. In response to this need, Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. is leading a pilot study to... Read More »