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The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is a non-profit organization that focuses on the problem of diagnostic error. It works with patients and healthcare providers to improve the accuracy and timeliness of medical diagnosis. Diagnostic error is a topic that the Lyme... Read More »

In an unusual observance of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, comedian David Letterman visited “Late Night  with Seth Meyers” with something unexpected in his pocket. It was a baggie containing a live tick. “Anybody here ever had Lyme disease?” Letterman asked the... Read More »

In November of 2016, when a five-month-old baby boy woke with vomiting and high fever, his parents took him to the hospital, only to be sent home. Within days, he developed facial twitching. When it progressed to seizures, they took him back to the hospital. Over the next several... Read More »

KBAK TV, Bakersfield, CA, May 21, 2018: by Emma Goss Lyme disease, widely thought to be an east-coast illness, is widespread across California, and growing rapidly. The disease often gets misdiagnosed and goes under reported, but researchers say Californians and doctors need to... Read More »

by Rebecca Zelis It has been nine years since a diagnosis, and over a decade since a tick-borne disease inflicted itself on my son’s brain. Imagine riding a roller coaster for nine years, and you’ll understand a little of what parenting a child with neurological Lyme disease... Read More »

Press release from LymeDiseaseAssociation.org 5/18/18: The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. announces the introduction of HR 5878, “National Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act of 2018’’ into the US House of Representatives by Congressman Christopher H.... Read More »

Press release from www.Governor.NY.Gov 5/18/18: Expands Tick Control Methods on Public Lands and Includes Expanded Education and Outreach Campaign Aimed at Hunters and Hikers Susceptible to Tick Bites Governor Directs Department of Health to Pursue Partnership with Research... Read More »

Last week, I posted the verbal comments I made to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. At the same time, I also submitted written comments, which delved more deeply into issues specifically related to California. Here’s what I wrote: California has one of the most... Read More »

The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met in Washington DC on May 16. The public could view it via webcast. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and some retweets from others). Read More »