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From the Altamont Enterprise (NY), August 26, 2016: by Melissa Hale-Spencer One Friday night in June, Edith Abrams came down with a fever of 104 degrees. “I just thought it would pass,” she said. She kept sweating, and changing her sheets two or three times a night for four... Read More »

New proposed rules by the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare and Medicaid Programs could have a big impact on Lyme patients. The Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care rules would... Read More »

From Delaware Public Media, August 29, 2016: by James Dawson Delaware strengthened its arsenal Monday in the fight to eradicate Lyme disease. Gov. Jack Markell (D) signed two bills into law: one allowing state environmental officials to kill ticks that carry the disease and... Read More »

Huffington Post, August 16, 2016 by Dana Parish On June 30, Fox 5 New York aired a highly-rated thirty-minute TV special about Lyme disease called “Lyme and Reason,“ in which I was interviewed with my doctor, Yale-trained internist and preeminent Lyme specialist, Steven Phillips,... Read More »

Dr. Neil Spector, on Fox & Friends, August 15, 2016:   Read More »

Poughkeepsie Journal, August 10, 2016 By John Ferro When the scientists behind an ambitious tick study began their work in April, they did not know how many Dutchess County families would be willing to grant access to their properties and personal health information. The subjects... Read More »

Deseret News, Aug. 3, 2016: By Jennifer Graham Country singer Kris Kristofferson is one of 30,000 people who will be diagnosed with Lyme disease this year. He may be the only person to celebrate the news, however. Kristofferson, who has suffered brain fog and spotty memory for... Read More »

From BBC News Magazine, July 31, 2016: By Allan Little I’d been going for years to the same little town in New England and Lyme disease is everywhere there. You can’t walk more than a few hundred metres in the countryside without coming across a public health notice... Read More »

LymeDisease.org would like to acknowledge a remarkable feat—enactment of mandated insurance coverage for Lyme disease treatment in Massachusetts. Passage of H4491 showed how advocacy groups, activists, Lyme patients, and their supporters can work with legislators to bring about... Read More »