Focus – Opinions and Features

  This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. By Ruben Lee Sims I have had Lyme disease for 34 years and began treatment for the first time last month. I was active duty Air Force when I contracted Lyme disease in Southern California in... Read More »

. by Lonnie Marcum: . In a paper titled: “Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp., France” to be published March 2016 in Emerging Infectious Disease Journal, CDC researchers report that they have identified six strains of Bartonella in patients with chronic... Read More »

  This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. by Sandi Bohle I’ve probably had Lyme disease since 2007/08, when I first started noticing muscle weakness, fatigue, headaches, and not being able to catch my breath. At the time, I... Read More »

This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. By Sandy Reyes Every young person envisions how their life will unfold. I was no exception. I had some dreams that were somewhat ambitious. I earned a degree from the University of Delaware, as the... Read More »

  This is one of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. By Silver Feldman When I was 13 years old and bedbound with pain, I made out a will—because I was sure I was dying. I had gone from being a healthy young woman to being barely able to move. I... Read More »

The latest issue of The Lyme Times looks at Lyme disease in the national scientific agenda. Our cover story explores “the democratization of science,” including the AAAS’s recent national session on the “wicked problem” of Lyme disease. Other topics... Read More »

The challenges facing the Lyme community are huge. Yet, working together, we’re making progress. In partnership with people like you, LymeDisease.org: * educates the public, the media, and lawmakers * publishes The Lyme Times * helps train physicians * supports... Read More »

  This is the first of a series of guest blogs by people who have enrolled in MyLymeData. By Sherrill Franklin My Lyme journey began in 2008. Ironically, a few days after placing tick repellent in our woods, I saw an engorged tick embedded in my hip. Having struggled through... Read More »

Last week, LymeDisease.org launched MyLymeData, a major research project aimed at collecting information that can transform the treatment of Lyme disease. Some people have questions about what MyLymeData is and how it will be used. The following is taken from the Frequently Asked... Read More »