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San Francisco Lyme specialist Dr. Raphael Stricker (a board member of LymeDisease.org) has recently returned from Hermosillo, Mexico. There, he delivered two talks at the LYRI Lyme Conference, sharing his knowledge with more than 350 medical personnel and patients. (LYRI is a... Read More »

The long-awaited ninth meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group took place in Washington DC on June 4. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President Phyllis Mervine.) Read More »

Less than 24 hours before the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) holds its June 4 meeting, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally named its selections for the newest incarnation of the panel. Among the controversial choices is Dr. Eugene Shapiro.... Read More »

The next meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group is set for Tuesday, June 4, in Washington DC. But there are many unanswered questions, including: who will sit on the panel? Here’s what the Department of Health and Human Service’s website says: June 4,... Read More »

Advocates continue to push for passage of Lyme-related legislation in Pennsylvania. So far, HB 629 has passed the House. A companion bill, SB 100, is under consideration in the Senate. The measure does several things. It allows doctors to clinically diagnose Lyme and treat it... Read More »

(Update: As of May 31, more than 17, 830 have signed the petition.) As of Friday afternoon, May 24, more than 13,000 people have signed our petition to keep Dr. Eugene Shapiro off the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG). Background: On May 15, the Infectious Diseases... Read More »

From Boston25 News, WFXT, May 23, 2019 by Jim Morelli It’s an infection transmitted by ticks that may not make you sick but could kill someone who gets your donated blood. It’s called babesiosis and the Food and Drug Administration just came out with strict new... Read More »

In a bipartisan effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, of Maine, and Tina Smith, of Minnesota, today introduced the Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act. If passed, it... Read More »

Two women from Fresno, California, are featured in a TV segment about Lyme disease. One, Jody Hudson, lost her 22-year-daughter Alex to the illness last year. She has since founded the Alex Hudson Foundation, to help make sure no other family has to go through what they did. The... Read More »