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I recently attended two of Dr. Ying Zhang’s lectures at the International Lyme and Associated Diseases scientific conference in Philadelphia. Dr. Zhang is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He... Read More »

Periodically, I post information about some of the findings from our big data project, MyLymeData. We call these “Quick Bytes.”  In April, my Quick Byte on neurologic Lyme disease focused on how often Lyme patients are misdiagnosed with a neurologic condition. The blog included a... Read More »

In a column called “The Ethicist,” the New York Times Magazine recently ran an article under the headline “What to do about a physician who may be a quack.” In it, Kwame Anthony Appiah, who teaches philosophy at New York University, answers a question by an anonymous letter... Read More »

from the Entomological Society of America, Jan. 3, 2017: Lyme disease has been spreading across the United States over the past several decades, and a new study has confirmed that ticks carrying the disease are present in eastern national parks. According to the study published... Read More »

Although an early diagnosis of Lyme disease can improve the chance of recovery for patients, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are out of the woods. MyLymeData, the largest study of Lyme disease using real-world data, has released preliminary findings of its initial survey... Read More »

James H. Oliver is a well-known expert in ticks and their pathogens. He is a Professor of Biology Emeritus at Georgia Southern University and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In the 1950s, he served in the army at Ft. Dietrich, Maryland, a... Read More »

Editorial from the Poughkeepsie Journal, December 18, 2016: As health officials grapple with the complexities of Lyme disease, federal lawmakers have finally gotten more forcefully into the fight. But — as with just about everything related to this confounding disease ... Read More »

By Phyllis Mervine, President of LymeDisease.org Over 85,000 people have already completed LymeDisease.org’s Symptom Checklist. It’s about to reach even more. This weekend it went live in New York City’s Times Square, on a jumbotron. The huge LED-based screen is at 1500 Broadway,... Read More »

On December 7, the US Senate passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a massive health reform bill which includes language related to Lyme disease. This came a few days after the bi-partisan measure was passed overwhelmingly in the House. It now goes to President Obama, who is expected... Read More »