Focus – Opinions and Features

Notice anything  different about our website? Now it’s more easily accessed using a mobile phone or tablet, as well as a laptop or desktop computer. We’ve also updated the information and offer some new features. Here’s some of what you’ll see there: Lyme... Read More »

Our latest issue looks at the troubling case of Vicki Logan, a cautionary tale by Dr. Kenneth Liegner. Other topics in this issue: lab tests for Lyme, co-infections, the ILADS guidelines, Dr. Richard Horowitz, patient support groups…and much more. The issue is mailed free... Read More »

As winter weather wanes, millions of nymphal ticks are hatching out in the woods, fields and backyards in many parts of the United States. Read More »

Lyme activist Vikki Samela created this slideshow of images from October's event. Read More »

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board will vote on the fate of Lyme-treating pediatrician Dr. Charles Ray Jones on February 16. Here is an update on the situation, along with the history of the action against him. Read More »

A Youtube video by someone called "TickedOffLIterally" tells the essence of the Lyme story in a brief but effective message. (Recently updated link.) Read More »

In a letter printed in the December 2009 issue of "Minnesota Medicine," published by the Minnesota Medical Association, CALDA president Phyllis Mervine urges passages of proposed doctor protection legislation in that state. Read More »

Proposed New Jersey legislation to re-categorize Lyme disease as being of "unknown origin" poses a threat to Lyme treatment throughout the country. The Lyme Disease Association and allied patient groups are asking people across the US--not just those from that state--to... Read More »

At their annual meeting a few years ago, the Infectious Diseases Society of America adopted a policy of opposing patient-sponsored legislation. They have been true to their word. They have opposed legislation in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and have lobbied for... Read More »