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by Jory Brinkerhoff, University of Richmond Summer is field season for ecologists like me, a time when my colleagues, students and I go out into fields and woods in search of ticks to study the patterns and processes that allow disease-causing microbes – primarily bacteria and... Read More »

The May 25, 2020 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ, has three articles related to Lyme disease that are well worth your time. The publication is open access, available for anybody to read. Fatal Lyme carditis presenting as fluctuating high-grade... Read More »

CNN, May 26, 2020 by Maggie Fox Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance posted on its website. Antibody tests, often called... Read More »

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians published the following article in the Spring 2020 issue of its magazine. The quarterly publication is sent to the state’s 3200+ family practice physicians, typically the first practitioners newly infected Lyme patients will... Read More »

by John Nathaniel Aucott, MD,  Johns Hopkins University Her symptoms started quickly: neck pain, extreme fatigue and intermittent fever and chills. The woman had been healthy until then, and since she enjoyed gardening and landscaping at her rural Maryland home, she wondered if a... Read More »

In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the latest issue of the Lyme Times is open access–freely  available to all. Articles in the Summer 2020 issue include: How Lyme patients can avoid getting sick from the coronavirus Lyme experts offer outside-the-box treatments for... Read More »

Fox News, May 7, 2020 By Madeline Farber Though anyone can develop a COVID-19 infection if they are exposed to the novel coronavirus, health officials have continued to stress that some groups of people — namely those who are older or have underlying health issues — are... Read More »

Researchers using a new test for Lyme disease have uncovered multiple bacterial species in California and Mexico, according to a report published in the medical journal Healthcare (Basel). The report entitled “Lyme Disease: Diversity of Borrelia Species in California and Mexico... Read More »

Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey has written a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and the NIH’s National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci. In it, Smith thanked Azar and Fauci for their work on COVID-19,... Read More »