LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live tweeted the virtual presentations of the ILADS 2020 scientific conference. Here’s a compilation of what she said: Read More »
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TBD Working Group to meet virtually Sept. 15 and 22
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2020
The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group will meet online Sept. 15 and 22, from 9 am to 2:30 pm, Eastern Time. Click here to register to watch the meeting online. Click here to read public comments that have been submitted to the Working Group. According to the agenda, the... Read More »
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer is being treated for Lyme disease
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SEP
2020
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer has announced on Instagram that she’s being treated for Lyme disease. “Anyone get LYME this summer? I got it and I’m on doxycycline,” she wrote. “I have maybe had it for years. Any advice? Can you have a glass of wine or 2... Read More »
“One Moment” video warns student athletes about Lyme disease risk
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SEP
2020
Nina Fairbairn played on the Harvard women’s golf team all four of her undergraduate years. 2013-2017. But during the summer between her junior and senior years, she started having serious health problems, due to unrecognized Lyme disease. Now, she and another former... Read More »
Baseball great Tom Seaver dies of Lyme, dementia, and COVID-19
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SEP
2020
New York Daily News, Sept. 2, 2020 By Bill Madden The long goodbye has ended. The Mets’ “Franchise” is gone. Tom Seaver, the greatest of all Mets who dropped out of public life in March of 2019 after being diagnosed with dementia died early Monday. According to family sources,... Read More »
NSF grants $6 million to study movement of tick-borne diseases in US
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SEP
2020
University of Idaho researchers are leading a nearly $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) cooperative agreement, using large and complex data sets to improve prediction and response measures for tick-borne diseases. According to a Centers for Disease Control and... Read More »
Winner of AIG Women’s Open reveals long battle with Lyme disease
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by LPGA Communications, August 23, 2020 Three years ago, Sophia Popov received a diagnosis that finally made the last few years make sense. In her winner’s interview after capturing the 2020 AIG Women’s Open title, Popov revealed an extended battle with Lyme disease that kept her... Read More »
COVID-19 and Lyme disease have more in common than you might think
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Forbes, August 18, 2020 By Judy Stone …While Lyme and Covid-19 are very different infections, the former caused by the bacteria (Borrelia burgorferi) and the latter a virus (SARS-CoV-2), there are a couple of notable similarities. …Both Lyme and coronavirus often... Read More »
Though more common in dogs, Lyme disease can affect cats, too
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2020
News Center Maine (NBC), August 14, 2020 Reporter Vivien Leigh continues her “Ticks in Maine” series, with a look at how Lyme disease can affect cats. Experts say the signs to look out for are fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, and stiffness and swelling in muscles... Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency
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