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(On August 4, we were notified that the August meeting of the TBDWG has been cancelled. No details have been given.) The next meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) will be held on August 13-14, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time. This is an online meeting... Read More »

Insider.com, July 14, 2020 By Meredith Cash Washington Mystics superstar Elena Delle Donne petitioned the WNBA for a medical opt-out from the 2020 “bubble” season due to her chronic Lyme disease. The league rejected her opt-out request despite receiving a letter from... Read More »

“A Celebration of a Life Well-lived for Neil Spector, MD” will be shared via Facebook Live on Saturday, July 18, 6-7:30 pm, Eastern Time. The virtual event is open to anyone who cares to attend. Afterwards, the video will be posted to Facebook and YouTube, for people... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met online on July 8. Panel members continued to discuss what should be included in the group’s upcoming Report to Congress. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Here’s her take on what transpired. Read More »

USA Today, June 22, 2020 by Isabel Rose and Dana Parish With overlapping symptoms and a ferocious tick season already upon us, we’re in for a confusing — and dangerous — summer. In mid-March, shortly after coronavirus quarantine rules went into effect in New York, sportscaster... Read More »

June 17, 2020 by Carrie Arnold As a Lyme patient, Jennifer Crystal has a lifetime of experience dealing with severe illness. So when the 42-year-old writer and patient advocate came down with what appeared to be a mild case of food poisoning in early March, she cancelled her... Read More »

We have just heard the heartbreaking news that Dr. Neil Spector has died. Many in the Lyme community know him as the author of “Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician’s Search for True Healing.” In it, he tells the story of how undiagnosed Lyme disease caused so much... Read More »

By Dr. Richard Horowitz I gave a talk to the Academy of Nutritional Medicine (AONM) in London on COVID-19 two days ago. This is an up-to-date review of the literature on COVID-19, focusing on prevention, diagnosis and treatment. I discuss during this talk details of the two... Read More »

The next online meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group will be July 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The following information is from the Department of Health and Human Services website: For this meeting, the TBDWG will review the draft 2020 report... Read More »