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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 »

Kristina Bauer gave the following public comments at the July 19 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m Kristina Bauer, Executive Director of Texas Lyme Alliance,  mom of four gestational Lyme kids. This is my fourth opportunity to address Congress and... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met for two days this week. Scroll down to see how LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the second day, July 20. (Click here to read Day #1’s tweet summary.)   Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held two days of meetings this week. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the proceedings. Scroll down for her tweet-summary of July 19–Day #1. (Click here for Day #2’s tweets.)   Read More »