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By Tracy Peake, North Carolina State A new study has found that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than adults without these disorders. The work further supports the idea that... Read More »

The US Department of Health and Human Services will hold two “public engagement meetings” regarding tick-borne diseases. The first will be Tuesday, June 11, in San Francisco. The second, in Portland, Maine, has not been scheduled yet. You can attend the San Francisco... Read More »

UPDATED June 14: Dr. Richard Horowitz and Dr. Myriah Hinchey co-hosted the Healing Lyme Summit, a free, online event June 4-10. Presentations will be repeated on June 14, 15, and 16. Register using this link Once registered, you’ll be sent a link 15 minutes before the start... Read More »

As part of its “Tick-Borne Diseases & Associated Illnesses: National Community Engagement Initiative,” the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will hold a public meeting in San Francisco on June 11. According to the HHS website, the meetings will... Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a closed meeting and a public webinar on May 23 to share information about the newly developed vector-borne disease national strategy. Vectors—biting insects and arachnids like mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and lice—can... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., has announced a study finding a new mechanism of immune evasion used by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This study is the first to identify the specific Borrelia... Read More »

Center for Lyme Action Presents The Congressional Lyme Series Lyme and Military Readiness An in-person event on Monday, June 3, in Washington DC REGISTER Remarks by Members of Congress Keynote Address by U.S Department of Defense Featured Speaker Col. Nicole Malachowski, USAF... Read More »

By Milena Pastore Join Soul Tribe Yoga Collective’s Lyme Disease Awareness Month Meditation Challenge in partnership with the Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association. This challenge and Weekly Community Meditations are open to all with tick-borne disease in all... Read More »

By Tulane University Tulane University researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, offering hope to patients who suffer from long-term effects of the bacterial infection, even after antibiotic... Read More »