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By Jennifer Hess, Esq. Without question, insurance companies have been disproportionately denying disability claims for Lyme disease in recent years. In our law office alone, we’ve seen a substantial increase in the number of individuals contacting us for help after receiving a... Read More »

On December 11, I was privileged to address the inaugural meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. This panel, established by the 21st Century Cures Act, brings together experts from a variety of disciplines as well as patient representatives, to inform federal... Read More »

Looking for suggestions of useful Lyme-related books? Here are some I personally recommend. All are available from online sources. Many are in e-book format as well. Dr. Richard Horowitz’s book, How Can I Get Better? An Action Plan for Treating Resistant Lyme and Chronic... Read More »

The first patient advocate to address Monday’s inaugural meeting of the Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group in Washington really knocked our socks off. Air Force Colonel Nicole Malachowski, the first female pilot ever chosen to fly in the elite Thunderbirds, told the panel she will... Read More »

Press release from Tulane University, December 13, 2017: Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced results of two papers published in the peer-reviewed journals PLOS ONE and American Journal of Pathology, that seem to... Read More »

Huffington Post, December 13, 2017: by David Michael Conner Tuesday was the second of the first two-day meeting of the HHS Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. In sum, Monday was largely ceremonial. It began with the non-federal employee members of the Working Group taking... Read More »

From Medscape.com, Dec. 13, 2017: by Alicia Ault Individuals with Lyme disease expressed frustration and anger about what they called the scientific and medical community’s lack of seriousness and compassion about their illness, and delivered a wish list of prevention,... Read More »

Here’s what happened at the second meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group in Washington DC.   [View the story “TBD Working Group Day 2 ” on Storify] Read More »

Press release: LymeDisease.org releases “Top 10 Lyme Disease Research Questions,” as federal government weighs options in fight against growing epidemic. The nation’s top research priority for Lyme disease should be finding a more accurate and sensitive diagnostic test. That’s... Read More »