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19
FEB
2013

NEWS: Virginia passes bill requiring doctors to disclose that Lyme tests can be faulty

The bill now heads to the governor for his signature.

From the Washington Post: By Errin Haines, Tuesday, February 19, 2013

The Virginia General Assembly has approved legislation that would require doctors to tell patients who test negative for Lyme disease that they may need to be retested.Under the bill, doctors would have to tell patients in writing that Lyme disease is the sixth-fastest-growing disease in the U.S., and that current laboratory testing “can be problematic and standard laboratory tests often result in false negative and false positive results.” Patients would also have to be informed that a negative result “does not necessarily mean you do not have Lyme disease.”Click here to read the rest of the article.
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