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by Cheryl Bell, Dalhousie University At the end of August 2019, a patient booked an urgent appointment with her dentist. A painful toothache had woken her the night before. Her symptoms also included intense pain in her jaw, temple, and neck, accompanied by a tingling on her... Read More »

A bill requiring health officials to keep track of people who have died of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has passed the New York State Senate and now goes to the Assembly. The bill (S.677A) requires coroners, pathologists and medical examiners to report promptly to the local... Read More »

Vogue, Feb. 11, 2021 by Freddie Braun Since her diagnosis, the model, reality-TV star and mother to models Gigi, Bella and Anwar has made it her mission to lift the veil on Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness that affects hundreds of thousands. Here, she tells us how love has... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group has submitted its 2020 Report to Congress. The document is now available to the public on the Health and Human Services website. Click here to download your own copy.                 Read More »

Kristina Bauer of the Texas Lyme Alliance and the Disulfiram for Lyme website has posted two new YouTube videos, interviewing Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer. They discussed his new book “Recovery from Lyme Disease: The Integrative Medicine Guide to Diagnosing and Treating... Read More »

The University of Michigan’s Institute for the Study of Women and Gender will present a webinar discussing the book “Divided Bodies” on February 11, noon-1 pm Eastern Time. Panelists will include the book’s author, Abigail Dumes, Assistant Professor of... Read More »

By Melissa Wright COVID-19 has created a ‘new normal’ for many of us over the last year. The way we live, work, and shop for our daily needs has been drastically modified. An unprecedented number of people in the United States have contracted the illness and many have lost loved... Read More »

Birds play an underrecognized role in spreading tick-borne disease due to their capacity for long-distance travel and tendency to split their time in different parts of the world – patterns that are shifting due to climate change. Knowing which bird species are able to infect... Read More »

Consumer Reports, January 13, 2021 By Catherine Roberts Between 2010 and 2018, the U.S. had approximately 476,000 cases of Lyme disease every year, according to a study out today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That number is substantially higher than... Read More »