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From Center for Lyme Action: On May 23, the Center for Lyme Action’s Congressional Lyme series will highlight the challenges associated with diagnosing Lyme and other tick-borne diseases from both a patient and caregiver perspective. This free virtual event is geared... Read More »

Actor Mark Ruffalo (aka The Hulk) has posted on social media about having personal experience with “brutal, persistent” Lyme disease. He shared his comment on Facebook, Twitter and in an Instagram story. Ruffalo was encouraging people to watch the Lyme documentary The Quiet... Read More »

Screenings of the Lyme documentary “The Quiet Epidemic” continue to show around the country. See listings below. And starting May 16, the film will be available to stream on AppleTV, Prime Video and Vimeo-on-demand. Click below to watch the trailer. In-person... Read More »

Center for Lyme Action, the leading nonprofit dedicated to growing federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne diseases, honored Members of Congress who have demonstrated extraordinary support in the push to cure Lyme disease – the most prevalent vector-borne disease and the most... Read More »

This article was first published in Trial Site News, which is generously allowing publication in Lymedisease.org. by Mary Beth Pfeiffer A lawsuit has been settled in the death of a 17-year-old boy whose heart failed after doctors, relying on a faulty test, did not treat him for... Read More »

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has announced she will depart the agency at the end of June. According to the Washington Post: “Walensky’s departure will create another hole in the most senior ranks of the nation’s health... Read More »

The LymeX Diagnostics Prize is a competition to accelerate the development of better tests for active Lyme infections. It’s a collaboration between the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation. The LymeX competition offers... Read More »

Investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer has been following the case of Julia Bruzzese for years. Now, in a comprehensive article, Pfeiffer examines the events that brought Julia to this point. In a Facebook post, Pfeiffer gives background: Nearly a decade after a tick bite... Read More »

In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the latest issue of the Lyme Times is open access–freely available to all. This special issue offers articles from 10 prominent Lyme-treating physicians on such topics as: New treatments for chronic Lyme An overview of Lyme testing Lyme... Read More »