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Kathleen Wallace gave the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 19. I have been an active listener and participant in public comment since inception of the Tick Borne Disease Working Group. I thank each of you for your hard work and dedication.... Read More »

Jeff Crater delivered the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 19. I’m Jeff Crater, Co-founder and Board Member of the Center for Lyme Action, a 501 C4 based in Washington DC and established in 2019 to increase federal funding for Lyme disease... Read More »

Carl Tuttle delivered the following public comments to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 19. He later supplied us with footnotes to include along with his remarks. My verbal comment today is a follow-up to my written public comment regarding the CDC’s refusal... Read More »

Monica White delivered the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 19. My name is Monica White. I’m president/co-founder of Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association. I’ve lived with chronic Lyme, co-infections and conditions for nearly... Read More »

July 11-15 was “Tick Week” at News Center Maine, an NBC-affiliated TV station in Portland, Maine. Reporter Vivian Leigh filed daily stories related to such topics as Pfizer’s Lyme disease vaccine, a proposed preventative shot for Lyme, a Maine family’s challenges... Read More »

Dr. Richard Horowitz recently sent out the following public message regarding his latest journal publication. Good news. Our paper on high dose dapsone combination therapy (HDDCT) for the treatment of chronic Lyme disease/Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS) was accepted... Read More »

Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, a cardiologist and professor based in Kingston, Ontario has published research and presented widely on the topic of Lyme carditis. In an online session with Project Lyme, he discusses Lyme carditis, one of the many ways Lyme disease can affect the heart. As... Read More »

From the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point: Diane Caporale has collected thousands of ticks during her career as a biology professor and researcher. Since moving to Wisconsin 1999, she has had help. Nearly 500 students in her molecular biology courses at UW-Stevens Point... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group will hold two days of public meetings on July 19-20. The public can attend via livestream. Ten people will be selected to deliver verbal public comments to the panel on July 19. Requests to speak must be submitted by July 11. Anyone... Read More »