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In a bipartisan effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, of Maine, and Tina Smith, of Minnesota, today introduced the Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act. If passed, it... Read More »

Two women from Fresno, California, are featured in a TV segment about Lyme disease. One, Jody Hudson, lost her 22-year-daughter Alex to the illness last year. She has since founded the Alex Hudson Foundation, to help make sure no other family has to go through what they did. The... Read More »

Legislation to give Lyme sufferers insurance coverage for antibiotics, testing and doctor visits today unanimously passed the Illinois Senate. This comes two months after the measure unanimously passed the House. HB 0889, sponsored by Representative Dan Swanson, amends the... Read More »

A new study entitled “Mixed Borrelia burgdorferi and Helicobacter pylori Biofilms in Morgellons Disease Dermatological Specimens” revealed that mixed bacterial biofilms are present within Morgellons disease skin specimens. The study, published in the prestigious journal... Read More »

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 »