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Two years ago, a federal court dismissed Torrey v. IDSA, a lawsuit brought by a group of Lyme patients against the Infectious Diseases Society of America. The patients have appealed the court’s dismissal, and last week, an appeal hearing was held. We don’t know when... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation has announced the results of the most comprehensive whole genome sequencing study of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease — a condition affecting nearly 500,000 new patients annually. Published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS... Read More »

By Pat Smith, President of the Lyme Disease Association The recent Bloomberg article on the upcoming Lyme disease vaccine was not a surprise but was certainly a disappointment to the Lyme community and the Lyme Disease Association Inc. (LDA). The reporter spent time tracking me... Read More »

By Kay Lazar, Boston Globe Georgina and Madison Pinckney share an unusual mother-daughter bond. The two have spent years battling bouts of crushing fatigue, brain fog and, for Madison, a cascade of other debilitating symptoms. Each says a tick bite — about seven years ago for... Read More »

On the Ticktective podcast, author/activist Dana Parish interviews psychiatrist Dr. Robert Bransfield, a leading expert in the relationship between microbes and mental illness. Their topic is “Infectious Minds: Unraveling the Link Between Infections and Psychiatric... Read More »

By Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected with the new, rapidly spreading coronavirus.... Read More »

By Leigh Beeson, University of Georgia Long the bane of pet owners’ existence, ticks and mosquitoes are expanding their geographic range due to warming temperatures, frequently bringing disease with them. A new study from the University of Georgia suggests shelter dogs in the... Read More »

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reporting a confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus disease detected in a Rhode Island resident who later died after contracting the disease. Laboratory testing was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and... Read More »

Supermodel Bella Hadid this week wrote a lengthy Instagram post, updating followers on her latest health battles. She said that after 15 years of “invisible suffering” she recently underwent more than 100 days of intensive treatment for chronic Lyme disease and... Read More »