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San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2015 By Victoria Colliver Ticks, those disease-spreading little bloodsuckers, are more prevalent in Bay Area open space and redwood forests than previously thought. A new Stanford study shows the tiny arachnids are found in more diverse... Read More »

Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced the bipartisan Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act of 2015 (S. 1503). It may either end up as a stand-alone bill, or it might be included in a larger Senate bill, similar to... Read More »

By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment The San Francisco Bay Area’s broad swaths of trail-lined open space hold higher risks of tick-borne disease than previously thought, according to a new study by Stanford researchers. The scientists collected 622... Read More »

Press release: SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Bay Area Lyme Foundation, which is working to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure, highlights a new Bay Area study conducted by researchers from Stanford University and Northern Arizona... Read More »

From Mountain West Connection, Aug. 16, 2015 By Hank Corless Zach Moritz has lost his courageous battle with Lyme disease. The former Boise State basketball player passed away on August 12, 2015 at the age of 27, surrounded by his family and a team of tireless caregivers. He had... Read More »

A horrifying story has been reported by Oklahoma TV station KOCO. A woman who contracted Rocky Mountain spotted fever from a tick bite is now a quadruple amputee. Jo Rogers, of Shawnee, became seriously ill after hiking in with her family in the Grand Lake area of Oklahoma. She... Read More »

Annapolis, MD; August 10, 2015 – The Entomological Society of America (ESA) recently released a statement supporting the creation and implementation of a national strategy using Integrated Tick Management to better control tick populations and reduce the rapidly escalating impact... Read More »

In early October, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)—you know, the Lyme denialists, the ones who insist chronic Lyme doesn’t exist, who make it so difficult even for patients with acute Lyme to get properly diagnosed and treated, who make it easy for your insurance... Read More »

From Buzzfeed, August 3, 2015 by Ana Saldamando There’s no way to explain illness to someone who hasn’t been ill. Like, seriously ill. It’s like saying “Enjoy your youth” to a teenager. And you can only say “I feel like I’m dying” so many times before it falls on deaf ears — and... Read More »