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By Terri McCormick The Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs (MAPS) Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina recently brought together a rapidly growing community of clinicians committed to understanding complex chronic illness in children. This includes the often... Read More »

by Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen. So reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the SUNY Center for... Read More »

A new update from 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals highlights encouraging progress for patients facing relapsing babesiosis, a serious tick‑borne infection that can be especially dangerous for people with weakened immune systems. The company announced that all three patients enrolled... Read More »

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Lyme Clinical Trials Network is looking for volunteers to join a research study testing whether a gentle form of brain stimulation can help with ongoing cognitive symptoms after Lyme disease. This study is for people who were... Read More »

New York resident Holly Ahern is a professor emerita of microbiology, a researcher working on improved diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, a member of state and federally convened working groups that examined all aspects of Lyme-infection associated chronic illness, and the mother... Read More »

By Sarah Quillen As an international network of dedicated clinicians and researchers, the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) proudly represents professionals from 23 countries, united in their commitment to caring for patients around the world. But it’s... Read More »

From the Center for Lyme Action{ Thank you to the more than 500 Lyme and tick-borne disease advocates who participated in Advocacy Day this year on February 18. Together we met with 351 House and Senate Offices from all 50 states and D.C. and Puerto Rico.  We met with more... Read More »

In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study, researchers found that male and female patients with early Lyme disease present with different signs of the disease in the symptoms they report, their physical exams and their laboratory test results. The study was published on February 7 in... Read More »

An Arkansas ranch worker developed alpha‑gal syndrome — a severe allergy to red meat — after repeated tick bites on the job. Now, a state appeals court says he should be allowed to pursue workers’ compensation for the illness. The Court of Appeals of Arkansas overturned a... Read More »