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From NatCapLyme: The Virginia Board of Medicine has voted to revoke the medical license of Dr. Leila Zackrison. While the final decision was announced, the board has yet to release its opinion detailing the rationale for its decision. Many of our members are Dr. Zackrison’s... Read More »

Researchers have determined that seven herbal medicines are highly active in test tubes against B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, compared to the control antibiotics, doxycycline and cefuroxime. Published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, the laboratory... Read More »

From the Lyme Disease Association: Please contact your Congress Member to ask him/her to sign on to two important letters from the US House Lyme Disease Caucus. These bipartisan letters provide details that the Lyme Caucus is asking the two Appropriations Committees to include in... Read More »

Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 2020 by Tonya Alanez After less than six hours of deliberation, a Suffolk County jury on Thursday found that Boston Children’s Hospital was not negligent in its treatment of Justina Pelletier, a Connecticut teenager whose plight sparked an emotional debate... Read More »

The next meetings of the federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group will be held in Philadelphia on March 3 and 4. In-person attendance is limited to space available. Therefore, if you want to attend in person, we highly recommend you pre-register (details below). If you want to... Read More »

Morgellons disease is a controversial illness associated with Lyme disease. It is caused by infection with a type of corkscrew-shaped bacteria known as a spirochete. A new study describes a staging system for this mysterious skin disease based on medical experience with syphilis,... Read More »

Update from journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer’s Facebook page: Torrey v. the Infectious Diseases Society of America is alive, well and strong. The case — charging that the IDSA, five insurance companies, and six physicians conspired to deny care to Lyme disease patients... Read More »

Teenager Olivia Goodreau, whose family started the LivLyme Foundation, and Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski, a retired Air Force officer, both came to Washington for the recent Lyme Fly-In. While they were in town, Fox5DC interviewed them about what’s going with Lyme disease.... Read More »

By Kathy Fife, Lyme advocate from New Hampshire: I’m pleased to share we had 100% support in the final senate vote on February 13. HB 490 establishes a commission to study the role of clinical diagnosis and the limitations of serological diagnostic tests in determining the... Read More »