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Melissa Wright is the Director of Patient Engagement & Outreach for LymeDisease.org and Project Manager of MyLymeData. She spoke at the recent Tick-borne Disease Diagnostics online event sponsored by Invisible International. Melissa used information from MyLymeData to... Read More »

Invisible International is a group of healthcare providers and scientists working to help solve the challenges of tick-borne diseases. On October 30, the group held an online event called The State of Tick-Borne Illness Diagnostics: Learn, Engage, Accelerate.... Read More »

The Center for Lyme Action (CLA), a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., lobbies on behalf of the Lyme community. Its goal is to expand federal funding for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Here’s CLA’s latest message about what’s happening in... Read More »

from the Lyme Disease Association website: In a recently published review article,* authors provide a comprehensive summary of treatment options for pregnant patients with less common bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, including several tick-borne diseases (Lyme disease,... Read More »

Want an easy way to see where disease-carrying ticks have been found throughout the United States? Check out the new interactive tick maps recently launched by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. The maps are based on data published in mSphere, a multidisciplinary open-access journal... Read More »

October 17 update: The premiere originally scheduled for October 20 has been postponed. According to Rhisa Marie Perera, she did not anticipate so much attention, both locally, and worldwide. She has been advised to push back the date to pursue further options for distribution.... Read More »

The name “borreliosis” can refer to two distinct but similar infections: Lyme disease and tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF). Both diseases result from different subspecies of Borrelia. They exhibit many of the same symptoms and both are spreading geographically.... Read More »

From journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer on Facebook: “I have posted the latest documents in the Torrey v. IDSA case on my website. As many know, the lawsuit was dismissed in federal court in Texas. More than 400 documents were filed in the case since 2017; I’ve posted the key... Read More »

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Northeastern University Chronic Lyme disease has frustrated doctors and patients alike for years. The severe, lingering symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, arthritis, or cognitive difficulties, have disrupted patients’ lives and... Read More »