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If you follow our social media posts on Facebook and Twitter, you may be familiar with a website called “The Mighty.” Its slogan is: We face disability, disease and mental illness together. It tells stories focused on improving the lives of people facing a wide variety of... Read More »

In July, Massachusetts lawmakers enacted legislation to require insurance companies to cover Lyme treatment, effective immediately. Yet, there are reports that some insurance companies aren’t following the law. Sheila Statlender, of the Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task... Read More »

The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. with joint provider Columbia University, is holding its 17th annual scientific CME* conference, Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: New Strategies to Tackle an Expanding Epidemic. Brian Fallon, MD, Columbia University is Conference Director.... Read More »

The United States Senate is now in recess until November 14, which means nothing will happen before then regarding S. 1503, the Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2015. On September 28, five senators submitted remarks to be included in the... Read More »

Epoch Times, September 23, 2016: By Conan Milner When it comes to diseases spread by insects, all the headlines these days focus on the mosquito borne Zika virus. But for decades, Americans have struggled with another vector borne illness that can cause many years of pain and... Read More »

Soon, a major piece of health legislation is likely to be voted on by the U.S. Senate. If this happens, a bill we support–the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act (S. 1503)–will be offered as an amendment.  To help prepare for this, we... Read More »

I am delighted to announce that Dr. Ray Stricker and I have published a new article, “Lyme disease:  the promise of Big Data, companion diagnostics and precision medicine.”  This article is about what the future of Lyme disease holds viewed in light of all-new... Read More »

From the Huffington Post, Sept. 8, 2016: By Mary Beth Pfeiffer For at least five years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially stated that 10 to 20 percent of patients treated for Lyme disease — some 30,000 to 60,000 of 300,000 infected yearly — “will... Read More »

From Mother Earth News, August 31, 2016: by Michael D’estries The old nighttime family routine of bath, teeth-brushing and a bedtime story has a new addition: the evening hunt for ticks. In our household, this daily occurrence during the warmer months involves my wife and... Read More »