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From Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2015: by Veronica Hackethal, MD The Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) epidemic that emerged in 2003 has hit American Indian communities in Arizona hardest. Estimated economic losses from the epidemic on two reservations have totalled $13.2... Read More »

From the New York State Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases: The Task Force will continue the Senate’s focus on improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of these diseases to better protect the health of New York residents Senate Task Force on Lyme and... Read More »

The author of “Why Can’t I Get Better?” gives Lyme information on the Today show. June 17, 2015: . . . . . Read More »

A theatrical reading based on the true story of Joseph Elone, a high school student who died of unrecognized Lyme disease, will be presented in Poughkeepsie, NY on June 8. “the little things” is billed as a docudrama about one family’s journey through the enigma... Read More »

Press release from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, June 4, 2015: From a single drop of blood, researchers can now simultaneously test for more than 1,000 different strains of viruses that currently or have previously infected a person. Using a new method known as VirScan,... Read More »

Press release from Northeastern University, June 1, 2015: North­eastern Uni­ver­sity researchers have found that the bacterium that causes Lyme dis­ease forms dor­mant per­sister cells, which are known to evade antibi­otics. This significant finding, they said, could help explain... Read More »

  From the Poughkeepsie Journal, May 31, 2015 By Mary Beth Pfeiffer She comes from a state with fewer than 10 Lyme disease cases a year. She has not been involved in Lyme disease causes, but rather in funding cancer research. Yet she has been named “consumer... Read More »

From the Poughkeepsie Journal, May 21, 2015 by John Ferro A bill that would prioritize federal research on Lyme disease and related illnesses — and give patients a voice in the process — cleared an important hurdle in Congress today. The Tickborne Disease Research Accountability... Read More »

From the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), May 15, 2015 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes the following disclaimer with its recommendations: “CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or... Read More »