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The MIT MAESTRO study seeks to investigate why some people develop chronic illness from acute infections using the lens of both chronic Lyme and long COVID – while also answering one very important question: Who is likely to develop chronic symptoms after infection and why?... Read More »

By Christopher D. Shea, Columbia University The chances of getting a tick bite in New York City—especially in the densely populated urban core—are relatively low, but can be significant in some urban forests. In the summertime, when city residents scatter to areas where ticks and... Read More »

Phyllis Bedford, Co-founder and Executive Director of LymeLight Foundation, delivered the following public comment at the Tick-Borne Diseases & Associated Illnesses: National Community Engagement Initiative public meeting in San Francisco on June 11. LymeLight Foundation is a... Read More »

By Tracy Peake, North Carolina State A new study has found that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than adults without these disorders. The work further supports the idea that... Read More »

The US Department of Health and Human Services will hold two “public engagement meetings” regarding tick-borne diseases. The first will be Tuesday, June 11, in San Francisco. The second, in Portland, Maine, has not been scheduled yet. You can attend the San Francisco... Read More »

UPDATED June 14: Dr. Richard Horowitz and Dr. Myriah Hinchey co-hosted the Healing Lyme Summit, a free, online event June 4-10. Presentations will be repeated on June 14, 15, and 16. Register using this link Once registered, you’ll be sent a link 15 minutes before the start... Read More »

As part of its “Tick-Borne Diseases & Associated Illnesses: National Community Engagement Initiative,” the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will hold a public meeting in San Francisco on June 11. According to the HHS website, the meetings will... Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold a closed meeting and a public webinar on May 23 to share information about the newly developed vector-borne disease national strategy. Vectors—biting insects and arachnids like mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and lice—can... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., has announced a study finding a new mechanism of immune evasion used by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This study is the first to identify the specific Borrelia... Read More »