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A committee in the Rhode Island House of Representatives heard testimony this week on a Lyme disease insurance bill. Introduced by Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson, the measure would require insurers to provide coverage for any prescription drug treatment for Lyme diseas... Read More »

Dr. Robert Bransfield, a psychiatrist and internationally recognized Lyme disease expert, gave an update on what’s currently known about COVID-19 and Lyme disease to the Academy of Nutritional Medicine (AONM). AONM is a UK-based organization that offers training webinars to... Read More »

A new center that will provide specialized care for patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases will begin seeing patients this summer at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Cohen Center for Health and Recovery from Tick-Borne... Read More »

By Tracey Peake, North Carolina State University A pilot study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found evidence of Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. “Researchers... Read More »

Update March 27, 2021: Thanks to enthusiastic response from the Lyme community, this study has met its enrollment goal. Therefore, Flightpath Biosciences’ Study of a Potential Test for Persistent Lyme Disease is not accepting any more applications at this time. We’ll keep you... Read More »

Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, is one of the world’s leading experts on Lyme carditis. The condition occurs when Lyme disease bacteria enter the tissues of the heart, interfering with its electrical signals.... Read More »

Ecosystems suitable for harboring the ticks that carry debilitating Lyme disease could be more widespread than previously thought in California, Oregon and Washington. That is among the findings of a recent analysis conducted by the Translational Genomics Research Institute... Read More »

Five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to commonly-used antibiotics in test tubes against Babesia duncani. B. duncani is a malaria-like parasite carried by ticks which causes the disease babesiosis. Published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection... Read More »

NextGov.com, March 5, 2021 by Brandi Vincent The Health and Human Services Department recently kicked off market research to inform an ambitious, multimillion-dollar effort to spur rapid breakthroughs against Lyme disease, a common tick-borne illness that can upend lives. “With... Read More »