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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 »

Regional collaboration, funded with a five-year, $10 million award, is designed to reduce diseases spread by ticks and mosquitoes. The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $10 million, five-year award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to... Read More »

People.com, June 29, 2022 by Aili Nahas Nearly two years since The Bachelorette’s Ryan Sutter first began experiencing debilitating and confounding symptoms of a then-unknown affliction, the firefighter, who has been wed to Trista Sutter since 2003, is finally seeing the... Read More »

PA Lyme Resource Network reports there has been progress on Senate Bill 1188. The legislation requires insurance coverage for long-term treatment of Lyme disease, along with other measures intended to combat tick-borne disease through education and research. SB 1188 unanimously... Read More »

Bonnie Crater, of the Center for Lyme Action, has sent out the following alert to Lyme advocates: Hello Lyme advocates: Thank you for your continued support for federal funding for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Here’s an oldie but goodie request for you. It’s easy. Just... Read More »

Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information By: Todd Feathers, Simon Fondrie-Teitler, Angie Waller, and Surya Mattu A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive... Read More »

Adaptive Biotechnologies has unveiled a new type of Lyme disease test aimed at detecting the illness during the early stages of infection. Conventional tests for the disease look for antibodies to the Lyme bacteria. Because antibodies can take weeks to develop, early testing is... Read More »