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The Washington State Department of Health has reported the first locally acquired human case of the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in a Washington resident. A Whatcom County man in his 80s was hospitalized with severe disease and is now in recovery. He was likely bitten by an... Read More »

Can you get Lyme disease in Colorado? Health officials typically say “no.” Patients say “yes.” Reporter Alexis Kikoen, of Rocky Mountain PBS, explores this contentious issue in the following report. She starts by featuring a woman who lost her 36-year-old... Read More »

A Rutgers scientist aiming to help heal a sick horse created an ultra-sensitive DNA test that could have applications for difficult-to-detect illnesses in humans such as Lyme disease. As described in a study published in the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation,  Steven... Read More »

Leslie Griffith, who anchored the news for San Francisco-area TV station KTVU for over 20 years, has died, reportedly after a years-long battle with Lyme disease. She was 66. Griffith died Wednesday in Lake Chapala, Mexico, where she lived since 2016. After leaving KTVU in 2006,... Read More »

Pfizer and French pharmaceutical company Valneva are launching a late-stage clinical trial for a new Lyme disease vaccine. They aim to enlist some 6,000 people in the United States and Europe. Participants will include adults and children over the age of 5. “With increasing... Read More »

From 2007 to 2021, private insurance claim lines with Lyme disease diagnoses rose 357 percent in rural areas and 65 percent in urban areas. [Editor’s note: “claim lines” are not the same as individual Lyme cases. A claim line is a request for insurance... Read More »

In a new Netflix documentary, “Not Just a Girl,” country pop mega-star Shania Twain discloses details of her harrowing experience with Lyme disease. The July 26 release of the film has prompted a lot of media coverage about the Canadian-born singer of such hits as... Read More »

National Geographic, July 21, 2022 By Sharon Guynup Nicole Malachowski is a powerful woman. After graduating from the U.S Air Force Academy, she became an F-15E fighter pilot who flew missions in Iraq, commander of the 333rd Fighter Squadron, and the first female pilot in the... Read More »

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill creating a tax checkoff for Lyme and tick-borne disease education, research and prevention. This allows taxpayers to voluntarily contribute to a fund dedicated to bolstering work in this field. The bipartisan legislation,... Read More »