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By Mary Beth Pfeiffer A group of sick and disabled Lyme disease patients is hoping to boost its claim, in an amended lawsuit filed in Texas federal court, that a cadre of doctors conspired for two decades to deny them care. The revised complaint was almost immediately met with a... Read More »

From Good Day, PA! (ABC27, Harrisburg, PA) April 19, 2019 Doctor Bryan Langlois from the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association discusses tick-borne diseases in dogs–and how to prevent them. Read More »

Mississippi Clarion Ledger, April 19, 2019: by Brian Broom When Keith Bradshaw of Bolton recently told his story to the Clarion Ledger about contracting Lyme disease in Mississippi and his struggle to get proper care, it caught the interest of readers and others suffering from... Read More »

Pennsylvannia lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would set new requirements for health insurers to cover additional treatments for Lyme disease. House Bill 629 would require insurers to cover treatment plans for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, regardless... Read More »

From PennWatch: Pennsylvania still holds the crown for highest number of CDC-reported cases of Lyme disease, making our state home to thousands of sick people. Dr. Neil Spector is a Duke University oncologist. He chats with Chick2Chick about his own Lyme story and how cancer... Read More »

A message from Get Ticked Off New Hampshire: (April 18, 2019, update: We are told this bill has been re-referred to committee, which means there will be no further action on it at this time.) Immediate Action Needed! We need your voice! The Lyme Bill HB 490 Amendment is on the... Read More »

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) is initiating a new state-wide active tick surveillance program. It will provide critical information on the distribution and abundance of ticks and the prevalence of current and newly emerging agents of human disease. These... Read More »

Nicole Sommavilla first started experiencing bizarre, life-threatening symptoms when she was in college. It took four years to get properly diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease. Now a reporter with WSYR-TV in Syracuse, New York, she tells her compelling story here. Read More »

From the Pennsylvania Lyme Resource Network: The Pennsylvania House of representatives passed HB 629 today by a vote of 158 to 34. The bill provides for patient access to diagnostics and treatments for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses.  It also requires health care... Read More »