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Journalist Apoorva Mandavilli writes in the New York Times about her family’s experience with Lyme disease. It’s called My son got Lyme disease. He’s totally fine. Here’s what she says in a nutshell: Four weeks of doxycycline [supposedly] cured her 9-year-old son of Lyme disease.... Read More »

Vox.com, June 25, 2019 by Kris Newby I opened a file drawer and pulled out 12.4 pounds of medical records organized in two large binders. Tucked inside the top binder’s front pocket was a grainy photo of my husband and me sitting on a misty beach on a small island near... Read More »

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has released a draft of its new Lyme disease treatment guidelines. You can access a copy of the document on the IDSA website and provide public comment between now and August 10. The website states, “We are looking for... Read More »

Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are soaring in the state of Maine. In response, WABI-TV (Bangor) has aired a two-part special report called “Fighting Lyme Disease.” In this series, reporter Morgan Sturdivant interviews patients, advocates and researchers. She also... Read More »

LymeDisease.org submitted written testimony last month to Congress, asking for Lyme disease funding to be increased to $202 million. Here’s what we said: Submitted by: Phyllis Mervine, President and Founder, LymeDisease.org Prepared for: House Committee on Appropriations,... Read More »

Reps. Chris Smith (NJ) and Collin Peterson (MN) have introduced new legislation to create a new national strategy to aggressively fight Lyme disease and target an additional $180 million to boost funding for research, prevention and treatment programs. The new bipartisan bill,... Read More »

Did you know that Bartonella, sometimes a co-infection of Lyme disease, was essentially rediscovered as a result of the AIDS epidemic? Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, one of the top Bartonella experts in the world, explains more in our Spring 2019 issue of the Lyme Times. This issue also... Read More »

San Francisco Lyme specialist Dr. Raphael Stricker (a board member of LymeDisease.org) has recently returned from Hermosillo, Mexico. There, he delivered two talks at the LYRI Lyme Conference, sharing his knowledge with more than 350 medical personnel and patients. (LYRI is a... Read More »

The long-awaited ninth meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group took place in Washington DC on June 4. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President Phyllis Mervine.) Read More »