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What are you going to do, when everything your child eats makes her sick? As I’ve explained in my earlier posts about mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), virtually anything my daughter put in her mouth triggered a serious allergic reaction. However, with the help of an... Read More »

Paula Jackson Jones, President of Midcoast Lyme Disease Support and Education, has been named a subcommittee co-chair for the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Jones, who co-founded the Maine-based patient advocacy group in 2014, will serve as co-chair of... Read More »

Press release from Union Square Medical Associates, April 17, 2018: A study by an international team of researchers has found persistent infection despite antibiotic therapy in patients with ongoing symptoms of Lyme disease. The study was published in the open access journal... Read More »

Investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer started crisscrossing the US this week, promoting her new book “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change.” It’s an important book and an equally important opportunity for the Lyme community. Her book is poised to make a huge... Read More »

By David Michael Conner Mary Beth Pfeiffer’s new book continues to prove her dedication to informing readers about important issues that are too frequently overlooked—in this case, Lyme disease and climate change. (Her previous book dealt with the wrongful criminalization... Read More »

MassiveSci.com, April 9, 2018: by Gabriela Serrato Marks After reading Mary Beth Pfeiffer’s engrossing new book, Lyme, you will probably want to kill any tick you can find, donate to Lyme research, and find out if you are at risk for tick-borne diseases. Spoiler alert: your risk... Read More »

Investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer speaks in quiet, steady, well-modulated tones. But her message packs a powerful punch. It is at once riveting, deeply moving, and profoundly disturbing. Pfieffer, the author of “Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change,” spoke at... Read More »

Press release from University of Maryland: A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the bacteria that causes Lyme disease persists in the body and fights your early, innate immune responses. Dr. Utpal Pal, Professor in Veterinary Medicine, has... Read More »

This is part three of a series on mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) triggered by Lyme and co-infections. Part one is an introduction to MCAS including an interview with Dr. Jill Carnahan. Part two is a description of my daughter’s diagnosis of MCAS and the five-step process we... Read More »