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Researchers at the University of Virginia say allergies to red meat are becoming more common, and that a substance found in tick saliva may hold the key to the mystery. Read More »

After seven months of hearings and studying the issue, the Virginia Lyme Disease Task Force delivered its report on June 30. Task force chair Michael Farris, who has a wife and seven children with Lyme, calls the disease "the greatest health threat of our time." Read More »

Stanford University is looking for chronic Lyme patients for a study that is partially funded by CALDA. Read More »

Oregon scientists suspect a virus is triggering MS in monkeys. This research may hold a clue to discovering how pathogens may trigger a wide variety of conditions in humans. Read More »

The CBS "Early Show" calls tick-borne babesiosis "the most serious blood disease you've never heard of." Read More »

According to the New York Times, the malaria-like blood parasite is spreading throughout the Lower Hudson Valley and coastal areas of the Northeast. Reports the Times: Experts fear that many undiagnosed patients may be donating blood. Currently, blood banks do not screen for... Read More »

Researchers say a highly invasive, non-native plant called Japanese barberry forms dense canopies in the wooded areas of Connecticut, creating cool moist shelters for ticks that carry Lyme disease. They say burning it out can make woodland areas healthier for native wildlife and... Read More »

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat takes an in-depth look at tick-borne disease in their county. One woman, whose misdiagnosed Lyme kept her intermittently bedridden for 15 years and caused cognitive problems, recounts, “I got lost in my own laundry room. I found my phone in the... Read More »

Writing about Lyme disease on the Huffington Post, Dr. Leo Galland asserts: "The Infectious Diseases Society of America has stated that three weeks of antibiotics will cure 'over 95 percent' of people with Lyme disease. But many experts have challenged these... Read More »