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From Delaware Public Media, August 29, 2016: by James Dawson Delaware strengthened its arsenal Monday in the fight to eradicate Lyme disease. Gov. Jack Markell (D) signed two bills into law: one allowing state environmental officials to kill ticks that carry the disease and... Read More »

Huffington Post, August 16, 2016 by Dana Parish On June 30, Fox 5 New York aired a highly-rated thirty-minute TV special about Lyme disease called “Lyme and Reason,“ in which I was interviewed with my doctor, Yale-trained internist and preeminent Lyme specialist, Steven Phillips,... Read More »

Dr. Neil Spector, on Fox & Friends, August 15, 2016:   Read More »

Poughkeepsie Journal, August 10, 2016 By John Ferro When the scientists behind an ambitious tick study began their work in April, they did not know how many Dutchess County families would be willing to grant access to their properties and personal health information. The subjects... Read More »

Deseret News, Aug. 3, 2016: By Jennifer Graham Country singer Kris Kristofferson is one of 30,000 people who will be diagnosed with Lyme disease this year. He may be the only person to celebrate the news, however. Kristofferson, who has suffered brain fog and spotty memory for... Read More »

From BBC News Magazine, July 31, 2016: By Allan Little I’d been going for years to the same little town in New England and Lyme disease is everywhere there. You can’t walk more than a few hundred metres in the countryside without coming across a public health notice... Read More »

LymeDisease.org would like to acknowledge a remarkable feat—enactment of mandated insurance coverage for Lyme disease treatment in Massachusetts. Passage of H4491 showed how advocacy groups, activists, Lyme patients, and their supporters can work with legislators to bring about... Read More »

The following message is from the Lyme Action Network, an advocacy organization based in New York state. The Lyme Action Network recently sent a letter on behalf of the victims of Lyme disease to the office of Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General of New York State. Our... Read More »

Mere minutes before a midnight deadline on July 31, the Massachusetts Senate voted 37-1 to override the governor’s veto of H4491, the Lyme disease insurance bill. This vote came a day after the House also voted to override the veto, with a vote of 153-3. The bill, which... Read More »