Focus – Opinions and Features

by Jamie Bennett What is your health worth to you? If lost, how far would you go to get it back? These are questions I’ve had a lot of time to think about. I was living the life. Upwardly mobile in my career, a major crimes detective in her prime. Sure, I had the occasional... Read More »

By Kris Newby, Invisible International Lyme disease affects children more than any other age group. But the young ones are often difficult to diagnose, especially before they’ve developed the vocabulary to describe how they’re feeling. To help parents recognize symptoms and... Read More »

Alexandra Logg delivered the following public comments at the July 19 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. By Alexandra Logg Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to speak. Recent reports state that a startling 15% of the world’s population has Lyme... Read More »

“With the lack of government initiative to make Lyme and tick-borne diseases easy to diagnose and simple to cure, it’s up to organizations like Bay Area Lyme and Lyme Disease Biobank to expand our understanding of tick-borne diseases.” –Harrison S., LDB participant “I... Read More »

Lyme disease and co-infections can bring on a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as pain, seizures, and cognitive impairment. Yet, patients often find that their doctors don’t understand the connection. In a recent study, Sarah Maxwell, PhD, and co-authors compared... Read More »

By Jamison Hill The last few months have been rough. I have been going through a brutal intake interview for In-Home Supportive Services, which provides me with caregiving hours. The intake interview did not go well. Throughout the interview, I was required to demonstrate, both... Read More »

Three-year-old Jonathan Simonson, of Pennsylvania, contracted Powassan virus from a tick bite in June. In the following first-person account, his mother describes what happened next. By Jamie Simoson Oh June 15, Jonny was swimming in a neighbor’s pool when I noticed a small speck... Read More »

John Eoin Healy, PhD, now retired from University College Cork, Ireland, has been researching tick biology for over 40 years. In the following article and video, he explains how questing ticks make contact with unsuspecting people and animals. by John Eoin Healy, PhD Various... Read More »

By Debbie Kimberg I received many positive responses to my recent blog about my son’s 80% recovery from symptoms that had been diagnosed as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This was accomplished with long-term antibiotic treatment for congenital tick-borne diseases (TBD). After... Read More »