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The discovery of the XMRV virus was once hailed as a breakthrough in the research into the cause and cure of chronic fatigue syndrome. More recently, those findings have been the subject of great controversy. The New York Times looks into the scientific questions raised by the... Read More »

The San Francisco Chronicle's outdoor columnist warns people out and about in the bay area to protect themselves from ticks. Read More »

The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society is running a powerful public service campaign to create greater awareness of the misdiagnosis of Lyme disease on a JumboTron outside the XLVI Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium. Read More »

From the San Francisco Chronicle: "Morgellons disease - a creepy illness that leaves patients with painful lesions, gives them a feeling that bugs are crawling all over their body, and has them seeing colorful, threadlike fibers poking through their skin - isn't infectious and... Read More »

Cindy Casey, RN, is director of the Charles F. Holman Foundation, an organization dedicated to the study of Morgellons disease. Morgellons is a mysterious condition that apparently causes bizarre and painful skin manifestations, including what seem to be fibers coming from the... Read More »

Scientists at the University of Bristol found that ticks in dogs had a much higher Lyme infection rate than expected; they fear Lyme is likely to become more prevalent throughout the country. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Lyme Disease Awareness Committee--a collaboration of the Chester/Delaware County Farm Bureau, the Lyme Disease Association of Southeastern PA, Inc. and the Chester County Health Department--is conducting a survey of PA residents about Lyme disease. Read More »

There continues to be high interest in the Lyme community about the recently available Borrelia culture blood test. Here's an update. Read More »

In November 2011, Dr. John Gregory Hofffman, MD, who had treated Lyme patients for 20 years, had his license suspended by the Wisconsin medical board. This left 1300 Lyme patients scrambling for other medical care. This week, the medical board endorsed an agreement that may allow... Read More »