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You may remember the tragic case of a young woman from Quebec named Amélie Champagne. She took her own life in 2022, after battling Lyme disease for years. The case gained international attention after her father, a prominent Canadian businessman, shared the news on LinkedIn. At... Read More »

Focus on Lyme and Aces Diagnostics Inc. has announced a breakthrough in Lyme disease diagnosis with a new test that detects the disease at all stages, including the crucial first 14 days post-infection, with over 90% accuracy. Aces Diagnostics is developing and manufacturing this... Read More »

By Lisa LaPoint, Tufts University Tufts University researchers have received a $20.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to try to answer some of the most vexing questions around chronic Lyme disease. The collaborative team will lead the largest NIH-funded... Read More »

California’s Board of Pharmacy (BOP) has been mulling a proposal to restrict access to what are called “category one sterile compounds.” Targeted elements include glutathione, vitamin B12, and other substances often relied on by Lyme patients and others who are... Read More »

by Bonnie Crater, Center for Lyme Action As you can see from the table below, Congress has started working on Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations. And as we reported in July and then August, we continue to make progress in the House and Senate on increases for Lyme and tick-borne... Read More »

“My family knows that after I die, my tissues will be donated to Lyme Disease Biobank to provide researchers with the vital material they need to solve this horrible disease. I urge anyone with chronic/persistent Lyme to register with NDRI today. Let’s end this suffering... Read More »

The Lyme ImmunoBlot test first introduced by IGeneX in 2017 has been augmented. Now converted to a test kit, it has received FDA clearance. The name of the test is iDart™ Lyme IgG ImmunoBlot Kit. It’s a stand-alone test for the detection of IgG antibodies against... Read More »

A Celebration of Life for Pat Smith will be held September 7 in Neptune, New Jersey. For people who can’t make it in person, it will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Smith, founder and longtime president of the national Lyme Disease Association (LDA), died on August 17. Click... Read More »

By Wayne Lewis, UCLA For some unlucky people, time in the great outdoors leads to Lyme disease, an illness causing head, joint and muscle pain, flu-like symptoms, fatigue, and sometimes a rash. Left untreated, those effects can turn debilitating and expand to include paralysis,... Read More »