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by Michelle Bentley, Royal Holloway  (The University of London) The House of Representatives has instructed the Pentagon to disclose whether it used ticks to infect the American public with Lyme disease between 1950 and 1975. The allegation comes from Chris Smith, a Republican... Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has agreed to add a disclaimer to the surveillance case definition for Lyme disease. The disclaimer says that the definition is “not intended to be used by healthcare providers for making a clinical diagnosis or determining how... Read More »

Last month, the IDSA released a long-awaited draft of its latest Lyme treatment guidelines. The accompanying announcement stated: “We are looking for feedback from not only physicians and healthcare professionals, but also individuals affected by Lyme disease, such as patients,... Read More »

On July 17, the Washington Post reported on the House of Representatives’ recent request for an investigation into allegations that Lyme disease may have been weaponized. New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith cited the recent book, BITTEN, when he proposed the amendment to... Read More »

The US House of Representatives last week passed an amendment offered by Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey questioning a possible link between Lyme disease and biowarfare. It directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to investigate the “possible involvement of DOD... Read More »

Roll Call, July 15, 2019 By John M. Donnelly The House quietly voted last week to require the Pentagon inspector general to tell Congress whether the department experimented with weaponizing disease-carrying insects and whether they were released into the public realm — either... Read More »

By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer MD I have been practicing medicine long enough to be very skeptical of “breakthroughs.” But disulfiram may be the real thing. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Anyone who reads the financial pages has heard of Steven Cohen, the multi-billionaire hedge fund... Read More »

Nearly 36 percent of patients with a tick-borne disease spent more than $10,000 on tests, treatments, appointments, and other costs associated with their disease, a new IGeneX survey found. The survey analyzed the cases of 198 patients from 2018 and 2019 who were teste... Read More »

More than 25,000 people have signed our petition to remove Eugene Shapiro from the federal tick-borne disease Working Group. Our thanks to everyone who has signed it and helped share our message. The petition is still open. It’s still an important way to register your... Read More »