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By Kaethe Mitchell Our two daughters were ill for years and were misdiagnosed by countless specialists. Niki never had a tick bite that we saw nor a rash. Keara had a strange bite with a large solid oval rash around it when she was 2 years old; her pediatrician misdiagnosed it as... Read More »

By Taylor Edwards Lyme disease is prevalent in my community of Sarver, Pennsylvania, with many people impacted by tick bites. Personally, my daughter, mother, and close friends and family members have been battling the illness. Last year, I wanted to enhance Lyme awareness in my... Read More »

Dr. Christine Green, a Lyme-treating physician who serves on the LymeDisease.org board of directors, recently gave a short talk to elaborate on some questions raised during her presentation entitled “How To Combat Stealth Pathogens Like Lyme & Co-Infections” at last year’s... Read More »

Health care costs continue to rise in our country, and it is imperative that we address the underlying source(s). This article regarding the hidden costs of Lyme disease was recently published by Marcus Davidsson, an independent researcher and economist. He discusses the... Read More »

Lyme disease researcher Monica Embers, PhD, recently joined Robert Herriman, MPH, on Outbreak News This Week Radio Show. They discussed two of Dr. Embers’ published research projects where she demonstrates that Borrelia burgdorferi—the bacterium that causes Lyme disease—is able... Read More »

Press release from the University of Texas at Dallas, March 1, 2018 Dr. Sarah Maxwell took her two daughters to doctor after doctor to find out what was causing their extreme fatigue, joint pain, memory problems and flu-like symptoms. For two years, their illnesses remained a... Read More »

Working at a job while you have a chronic illness, such as Lyme disease, can be challenging. One way to approach these challenges is to think about Lyme disease from a disability perspective. People with disabilities are a unique minority, a group that any of us can join at any... Read More »

by Shona Curley I was a healthy, active woman until about 2014. I danced professionally in my twenties, began teaching Pilates to support my dance habit way back in 1998, and opened a Pilates studio focusing on rehabilitation work in 2010. Along the way I married an awesome man... Read More »

The following is written by a 22-year-old woman who writes the Dreaming Panda blog, about her experiences coping with Lyme disease and PANS/PANDAS. She has been dealing with these conditions for more than 10 years. PANS/PANDAS is an autoimmune condition that can be triggered by... Read More »