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Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, an expert on Lyme disease and a former president of ILADS, last week gave prepared remarks to a New York State Senate hearing on tick-borne illness. Afterwards, he wrote the following letter to the two senators who chaired the hearing, giving... Read More »

Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, a former president of ILADS, addressed last week’s New York State Senate hearing on Lyme disease via remote video link. He discussed the many psychiatric impairments that can arise from tick-borne illnesses. If you’ve tried watching the... Read More »

WSKG Radio (Binghamton, NY), August 30, 2017: by Karen DeWitt Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health commissioner received a grilling from state senators at a hearing this week on whether New York is doing enough to combat tick-borne illnesses. Health Commissioner Howard Zucker told the... Read More »

The Legal Intelligencer, August 21, 2017: by Max Mitchell The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up the appeal of a woman who aims to sue her doctor over an alleged misdiagnosis of her Lyme disease as multiple sclerosis. The woman’s case had been tossed out... Read More »

The Independent (Wakefield, Rhode Island) August 24, 2017: by James Bessette Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a three-part series exploring the debate over Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment, and how it has affected Rhode Island. North Kingstown resident Joe... Read More »

BBC News, August 21, 2017: By Katie Silver When former England rugby player Matt Dawson was bitten by a tick in a London park early last year, it caused a bacterial infection to spread through his body. “I had two days where I felt awful. Very feverish, on the sofa, crashed... Read More »

The Kenosha News, a Wisconsin newspaper, ran a three-part story on Lyme disease on August 22, 2017. All are by reporter Julia Fair. The reality of Lyme disease Lying in a hospital bed at Aurora Medical Center, John Bush, 17, had an empty stomach with a bag of saline next to him,... Read More »

WBUR, Boston, August 17, 2017: By Carey Goldberg Last summer, MIT researchers proposed a futuristic solution for the problem of widespread Lyme disease on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard: modify the genes of the islands’ mice to make them resistant to the tick-borne... Read More »

“Shadow’s Edge” is the first mobile game designed to help teens facing serious health challenges discover their resilience. It’s based on a journaling book called “Digging Deep: A Journal for Young People Facing Health Challenges,” by Rose Offne and Sheri Brisson. T... Read More »