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Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer has reported on Twitter that Anthem has become the fourth insurance company to settle in Torrey vs. IDSA et al. The lawsuit has been brought by a group of Lyme patients. They’re suing the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the authors of the... Read More »

The federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group will convene March 3 and 4, in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting will be held at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S. 22nd Street. On both days, the meetings begin at 9 am ET. The agenda calls for panelists to discuss and vote... Read More »

The Spring 2020 issue of the Lyme Times features four articles about disulfiram. The drug has been around for 70 years, but has only recently been used for Lyme disease. Many patients and their doctors report success–but also urge caution. Other topics covered in this... Read More »

According to a new study, the CDC’s standard two-tier testing for Lyme disease failed to accurately diagnose more than 70% of blood samples from individuals with an erythema migrans rash greater than 5 centimeters across. Additional findings showed that Lyme disease also occurred... Read More »

Forbes.com, Feb. 26, 2020 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer For two decades, Lyme disease has had dueling identities. A burgeoning epidemic wrought by ticks. A raging controversy over why patients stay sick — and what to do for them. Now, however, the medical model that spawned the Lyme Wars... Read More »

From NatCapLyme: The Virginia Board of Medicine has voted to revoke the medical license of Dr. Leila Zackrison. While the final decision was announced, the board has yet to release its opinion detailing the rationale for its decision. Many of our members are Dr. Zackrison’s... Read More »

Researchers have determined that seven herbal medicines are highly active in test tubes against B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, compared to the control antibiotics, doxycycline and cefuroxime. Published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, the laboratory... Read More »

From the Lyme Disease Association: Please contact your Congress Member to ask him/her to sign on to two important letters from the US House Lyme Disease Caucus. These bipartisan letters provide details that the Lyme Caucus is asking the two Appropriations Committees to include in... Read More »

Boston Globe, Feb. 20, 2020 by Tonya Alanez After less than six hours of deliberation, a Suffolk County jury on Thursday found that Boston Children’s Hospital was not negligent in its treatment of Justina Pelletier, a Connecticut teenager whose plight sparked an emotional debate... Read More »