Focus – Opinions and Features

Phyllis Mervine prepared the following remarks as public comment to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Due to phone connectivity problems, however, she was unable to deliver them herself. Therefore, at April 27’s online meeting, they were read to the panel by... Read More »

By Julie Starling The other night, as I soaked in an Epsom salt bath, I found myself missing my Siberian husky. We lost her in February, at age 12.5 years, to lymphoma. During my years of treating Lyme, she would barge in on me during my baths, whimpering. She knew how painful... Read More »

by Kris Newby In 2002, my husband and I became seriously ill after a vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. It took ten doctors and a year to discover the root cause: We’d been bitten by unseen ticks harboring the parasites that cause Lyme disease and babesiosis, a... Read More »

by Sandra Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD While the world deals with COVID-19—how to be safe, how to protect our citizens and essential medical workers, and the politics of it all—my thoughts go to the kids with tick-borne illness, PANS/PANDAS, neurotoxicity from mold, and other related... Read More »

By Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD Brad’s parents brought him to see me when he was eleven years old. He was scratched by a cat at age two and developed enlarged lymph nodes in his neck. As a toddler, he began experiencing episodes of inconsolable crying and rocking. By age five, he... Read More »

Phyllis Mervine gave the following public comments via telephone, during the recent federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group meeting. The single most important thing the Working Group can do right now for the Lyme community and all the patients suffering with Lyme disease is to... Read More »

Mira Shapiro delivered the following public comments at the recent meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group in Philadelphia. My name is Mira Shapiro. I am here today on behalf of LymeDisease.org. I am also a chronic Lyme disease patient and a biostatistician. My... Read More »

Melissa Potter delivered the following remarks to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group earlier this week in Philadelphia. Good morning, my name is Melissa Potter. I am here on behalf of LymeDisease.org LymeDisease.org is one of the oldest Lyme nonprofits in the nation. We... Read More »

Dr. Elizabeth Maloney delivered the following public comments to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group this week. Good morning committee members, I’m Dr. Elizabeth Maloney. I spoke with you at the January meeting and appreciate the opportunity to speak with you again. I... Read More »