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The Lyme Disease Challenge—an all-volunteer social media campaign to educate about tick-borne diseases—has launched its 2016 campaign. The 2015 campaign made quite a splash, generating more than 100 global media stories, in 45 countries and 35 different languages. Challengers... Read More »

Press Release M A S S A C H U S E T T S   H O U S E   OF   R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133   REPRESENTATIVE DAVID P. LINSKY 5TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT STATE HOUSE, ROOM 146 TEL: 617-722-2575   FAX: 617-722-2238 For Immediate... Read More »

The number one problem that Lyme disease patients report is that it takes so long for them to be diagnosed—two or more years in most cases. We all know that early diagnosis is key to successful treatment. The problem is that people don’t have a convenient way to take evidence to... Read More »

The federal Lyme bill – S. 1503 – sponsored by Senator Blumenthal to create a Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Advisory Panel, is stuck in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, with only a few days left to “unstick” it. We have gotten this far, and we... Read More »

I was pleased and proud to accept a “First Place–Adult Non-fiction” award from the Northern California Publishers and Authors association at a banquet near Sacramento on Saturday. When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent’s Survival Guide, which I... Read More »

MyLymeData—the patient-powered project that allows people to pool their Lyme experiences to help further medical research—needs you to help spread the word. We currently have over 4,000 people signed up and we’d like to reach at least 10,000. If you have a website, e-newsletter,... Read More »

Press release, April 20, 2016: Despite scientific studies, the CDC and IDSA dismiss any existence of chronic Lyme disease. Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D. has compiled into a single volume a compelling argument that the disease does exist in his book, “In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme... Read More »

Press release, April 19, 2016 To inspire innovation to help solve the challenges of Lyme disease, Bay Area Lyme Foundation, collaborating with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network’s Dean Center for Tick Borne Illness, Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine... Read More »

From Elizabeth May, member of Parliament and leader of the Green Party of Canada: . . . . . . . . . . . . Information about the Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Conference April 14, 2016 Dear friends, I want to provide some information about the upcoming Federal Framework on... Read More »