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From HamletHub.com, February 2, 2016: Governor Malloy’s budget cuts are already being felt at the Ridgefield Health Department, where funds allocated to sustain and expand the town’s BLAST Lyme Disease Prevention program were recently rescinded. “This comes as a... Read More »

From Oregon State University, Jan. 28, 2016: CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University announced today that they have essentially stopped the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, for nearly two years in one type of mouse... Read More »

The Vineyard Gazette, Jan. 21, 2016 by Alex Elvin With tick-borne illness on the rise, federal and state health agencies are turning their attention to babesiosis, a lesser known but potentially life-threatening disease carried by deer ticks that is transmissible through blood... Read More »

Science, Jan. 18, 2016 By Claire Asher The ticks that transmit Lyme disease, a debilitating flulike illness caused by Borrelia bacteria, are spreading rapidly across the United States. A new study shows just how rapidly. Over the past 20 years, the two species known to spread the... Read More »

The News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, January 17, 2016: By Noelle McGee In the summer of 2001, Chris Corrie took his oldest son on a week-long fishing trip to central Canada. Each day, they hopped into their rental boat, followed some friends who had gone up with them to a new... Read More »

By David Michael Conner, the Huffington Post, January 11, 2016: On Dec. 22, three days before Christmas, 55-year-old David A. Geraghty died from complications of a supposedly rarely fatal infection: Lyme disease. As reported in The Valley Breeze, a Lincoln, R.I. newspaper,... Read More »

From the Mail Tribune, in Medford, Oregon, Jan. 10, 2016: By Tammy Asnicar For the better part of a year, Torrin Acker’s daily routine involved swallowing some 30 medications — ammunition to fight the devastating effects of Lyme disease-related ailments. The then-16-year-old’s... Read More »

New York Times “TheUpshot” blog, Jan.5, 2016 by Margot Sanger-Katz Here is the surest way to enjoy the peace of mind that comes with having health insurance: Don’t get sick. (click here to answer NY Times question: How have medical bills changed your life?) The number... Read More »

In September, a 12-year-old girl with Lyme disease was blessed by Pope Francis during his visit to the US. Since then, various news media outlets have followed her story, spotlighting her insurance company’s refusal to pay for needed Lyme treatment. On December 20,... Read More »