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LiveScience.com, May 2, 2019 By Rachael Rettner There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing into your eardrum. That’s what happened to a 9-year-old boy in Connecticut who was taken to the doctor because he said he felt... Read More »

May is national Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The Lyme community uses the opportunity to educate friends, relatives, teachers, co-workers, healthcare workers, and their local and state representatives. Experts say this year could be one of the worst years on record for the ticks... Read More »

LymeDisease.org and Gordon Medical Associates welcome you to participate in the first annual Northern California Lyme Walk and Health Fair. It will be held in Corte Madera, which is 15 miles north of San Francisco, via Highway 101. Feel free to bring family and friends. Location:... Read More »

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. It’s a chance for the Lyme community to share information on how to prevent Lyme and tick-borne diseases, and shine a spotlight on the need for better medical treatment for people with Lyme disease. Of course, we aim to do that every month of... Read More »

By Mary Beth Pfeiffer A group of sick and disabled Lyme disease patients is hoping to boost its claim, in an amended lawsuit filed in Texas federal court, that a cadre of doctors conspired for two decades to deny them care. The revised complaint was almost immediately met with a... Read More »

From Good Day, PA! (ABC27, Harrisburg, PA) April 19, 2019 Doctor Bryan Langlois from the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association discusses tick-borne diseases in dogs–and how to prevent them. Read More »

Mississippi Clarion Ledger, April 19, 2019: by Brian Broom When Keith Bradshaw of Bolton recently told his story to the Clarion Ledger about contracting Lyme disease in Mississippi and his struggle to get proper care, it caught the interest of readers and others suffering from... Read More »

Pennsylvannia lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would set new requirements for health insurers to cover additional treatments for Lyme disease. House Bill 629 would require insurers to cover treatment plans for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, regardless... Read More »

From PennWatch: Pennsylvania still holds the crown for highest number of CDC-reported cases of Lyme disease, making our state home to thousands of sick people. Dr. Neil Spector is a Duke University oncologist. He chats with Chick2Chick about his own Lyme story and how cancer... Read More »