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A study published in the prestigious journal Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology illustrates the link between Lyme disease and the mysterious skin condition called Morgellons disease. The news was hailed by the Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation... Read More »

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, has a year-round tick testing program. In the following report from WSYR-TV, Dr. Saravanan Thangamani discusses the rise in tick numbers throughout the state–as well as the increased number of different infections carried by... Read More »

The Kay Hagan Tick Act, signed into law in 2019, called for the development of a national strategy to address vector-borne diseases, including Lyme and other tick-borne infections. Since then, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been working to develop the plan.... Read More »

(Update May 3) Once again, the Lyme community has responded enthusiastically to the opportunity to help develop a new test for chronic Lyme disease. The reopened enrollment is now closed. We’ll keep you informed about the study’s progress. Last month, we sent out a... Read More »

Bridging the Trust Gap, a public webinar kicking off LymeX, was held April 28. LymeX is a $25 million-dollar, three-year public-private partnership to promote “innovation in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases to improve prevention, diagnosis, and patient outcomes.” At... Read More »

by Joel Gurin, Center for Open Data Enterprise A new model is emerging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leverages public-private partnerships to accelerate innovation and tackle complex challenges around major health issues, with input from diverse... Read More »

The US Department of Health and Human Services is hosting the LymeX Roundtable Webinar: Bridging the Trust Gap on April 28. This roundtable is part of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator (LymeX), a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services... Read More »

by Melissa Wright Director of Patient Outreach for MyLymeData About a third of Lyme patients participating in MyLymeData’s COVID-19 Vaccine Survey said they have been vaccinated. Those who were vaccinated reported similar side effects as the general population. In fact,... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation today announced results of a study demonstrating that adult Western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) carrying Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, were found in beach areas at equal rates to the woodland habitats in parts of... Read More »