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The Center for Lyme Action (CLA), a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., lobbies on behalf of the Lyme community. Its goal is to expand federal funding for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Here’s CLA’s latest message about what’s happening in Congress. Dear Lyme... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group still has important ground to cover before it closes down at the end of 2022. The panel next meets on October 4 and 5. The public can watch online. During this meeting, the TBDWG will review updates to the draft chapters, review... Read More »

Maine is on track to break records for several tick-borne diseases this year. In a news release this week, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 1,900 cases of Lyme disease so far in 2022. This compares to about 1,500 last year. The agency also... Read More »

From the Health and Human Services website: By Kristen Honey, PhD, PMP, and Daniel Desautels The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation (Cohen Foundation) has announced that the LymeX Diagnostics Prize received 52 Phase 1... Read More »

By Joshua Stewart Georgia Tech A single drop of blood from a finger prick. A simple electronic chip. And a smartphone readout of test results that could diagnose a Covid-19 infection or others like HIV or Lyme disease. It sounds a bit like science fiction, like the beginnings of... Read More »

By Meghan Holohan Today.com When Meghan Bradshaw began fainting and experiencing joint pain, she visited many doctors. At first, they suspected that she might have a vitamin D deficiency or that she was anemic. By her early 20s, her symptoms became “debilitating” and she... Read More »

By Katherine Unger Baillie University of Pennsylvania Predicting Lyme disease hotspots can help public health officials guide resources and proactive messaging to the public. But the ecology of the disease is complex, involving various host animals, blacklegged ticks that serve... Read More »

Triggered by a bite from the lone star tick, alpha-gal syndrome can cause allergies to meat, including beef, pork, and lamb. Reporter Vivian Leigh, of News Center Maine TV, profiles Beth Carrison. A resident of Maine, she works to raise awareness of how some of the symptoms can... Read More »

By Tom Hinds, UC Davis Mosquito and tick-borne diseases are increasing in the Pacific Southwest and remain a serious public health threat. For the last five years, the Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, or PacVec, led by the University of California,... Read More »