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National Public Radio, March 6, 2017 by Michaeleen Doucleff & Jane Greenhalgh Last summer Felicia Keesing returned from a long trip and found that her home in upstate New York had been subjected to an invasion. Rick Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing have been studying Lyme disease... Read More »

Huffington Post, March 3, 2017 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer The top doctor in Sweden for treatment of advanced Lyme disease has been suspended from practicing medicine, leaving hundreds of patients without care in a country with a large and growing problem of tick-borne disease. The... Read More »

New York television station WNYW, also known as Fox5NY, has been nominated for three Emmy awards related to its groundbreaking program “Lyme & Reason: The Cause & Consequence of Lyme Disease,” which first aired on June 30, 2016. The first nomination is for the entire... Read More »

The Arkansas Health Department made headlines last week for actually acknowledging two cases of Lyme disease in their state. It’s the first time they’ve admitted such a thing in 10 years. And, according to state officials, the prior two cases were not acquired in Arkansas. You... Read More »

In 2016, New York TV station Fox5 produced two comprehensive special reports about Lyme disease, entitled “Lyme and Reason: The cause and consequence of Lyme disease” and “Lyme & Reason 2.0: The Voices of Change.” LymeDisease.org CEO Lorraine Johnson... Read More »

KATV, Little Rock, Feb. 23, 2017 by Sara Cress  The Arkansas Department of Health has determined that two cases of tickborne disease met the surveillance definition for Lyme disease. This is the first time since 2007 that a case in Arkansas has met the Centers for Disease Control... Read More »

Press release from Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE): The 1st Annual Midcoast Lyme Aide Benefit Ride & Concert to Raise Funds and Awareness for Lyme Disease and Honor Music Legend Bill Chinnock will feature some of the greatest legendary talent ever to hit... Read More »

Former North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan, hospitalized since December, has been diagnosed with Powassan virus. Powassan is a tick-borne pathogen that can cause a variety of brain and nervous system symptoms, including encephalitis—brain inflammation—which is Hagan’s diagnosis.... Read More »

Press release from Global Network on Institutional Discrimination: February 8, 2017 Struck by a duck? Burned because your water skis caught on fire? Have a bizarre personal appearance? Fortunately, the World Health Organization has assigned over 68,000 diagnostic codes to cover... Read More »