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Legislation co-sponsored by Senator Tom O’Mara, a member of the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases (TBDs), to strengthen New York State’s response to the rise of these diseases has been signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The new laws were enacted earlier... Read More »

Here’s the final wrap-up of our tweets from ILADS’ recent annual conference in Chicago. This is compiled by LymeDisease.org blogger Lonnie Marcum. Click here for Friday tweets. Click here for Saturday tweets. See below for Sunday’s tweets. Read More »

The eighth meeting of the Tick-borne Disease Working Group will be held on December 3, 2018, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern). The public can participate via live webcast. The following information is taken from the TBDWG portion of the Health and Human Services website: During this... Read More »

Donating Lyme-infected tissue to new Lyme BioBank, possible connection between Gulf War Syndrome and Bartonella, and a deep dive into mast cell activation syndrome were discussed on the second day of the 2018 conference of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.... Read More »

Bartonella, parasites and mast cell activation were among the many topics addressed at this year’s conference of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society in Chicago. Scroll down to see how LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the first... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure, announces the addition of the Lyme Disease Tissue Collection Program to its Lyme Disease Biobank, which currently accepts blood samples. The expansion of... Read More »

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last decade. Since its progression depends on environmental factors, increases in daily temperatures, a manifestation of climate change, might be contributing to a rise... Read More »

The Fall issue of The Lyme Times is now available online to current members of Lymedisease.org. Some of the highlights of this issue include: Lyme Disease Has Been Found in All 50 States A Perfect Storm: More Ticks in More Places Which Lyme Disease Treatments Are More Effective... Read More »

Palo Alto, CA, October 30, 2018 – Bartonella Multi-Species Western Blots and Bartonella IgX Spot offer increased sensitivity, improved coverage for multiple species and strains, and quick results with a single blood draw IGeneX is excited to announce the availability of... Read More »