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The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group is scheduled to meet in Washington DC on June 4. So far, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has not announced new members of the group. However, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has posted on its website that... Read More »

(Update: Click here to sign our petition to remove Shapiro from the TBDWG.) The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has announced on its website that Yale pediatrician Dr. Eugene Shapiro has been named to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. So far, there has... Read More »

From Healthday News, May 15, 2019: By Steven Reinberg As deer populations have exploded across America, moving from forests to suburbs to urban parks, they have brought the threat of Lyme disease to millions of city dwellers, a new study finds. In fact, the deer tick that spreads... Read More »

The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS) will offer its first-ever meeting for medical professionals devoted specifically to mental health issues as they relate to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. It will be held September 7, 2019, at the San Francisco... Read More »

By Jasmin Boyce, DoctorOz.com After serving four years in the U.S. Coast Guard, Brandi Dean was used to tackling tough missions head-on. But in 2011, she faced one that was largely out of her control: battling Lyme disease. In October 2010, Brandi was living in Boston and... Read More »

A report describing detection of the bacterial agent of Lyme disease in a genital lesion lends support to possible sexual transmission of the disease. The report was published in the prestigious Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. It supports a pilot study... Read More »

A Pennsylvania bill to require insurance companies to cover Lyme disease treatment and provide protections for treating doctors has made it through one house of the state legislature. It’s now under consideration by the State Senate. Pennsylvania Lyme advocate Jackie... Read More »

LiveScience.com, May 2, 2019 By Rachael Rettner There are some sounds you hope you never hear. For example, the buzzing sound of a tick burrowing into your eardrum. That’s what happened to a 9-year-old boy in Connecticut who was taken to the doctor because he said he felt... Read More »

May is national Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The Lyme community uses the opportunity to educate friends, relatives, teachers, co-workers, healthcare workers, and their local and state representatives. Experts say this year could be one of the worst years on record for the ticks... Read More »