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From Courthouse News Service, Nov. 14, 2017: TEXARKANA, Texas (CN) – Twenty-eight people claim in a federal antitrust lawsuit that Lyme disease victims are being forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for treatment because health insurers are denying coverage with bogus... Read More »

LymeDisease.org’s Lorraine Johnson recently joined Cindy Kennedy on the “Living with Lyme” podcast. Cindy describes Lorraine as a “hero” of the Lyme community, stating: “She is the wind behind the wings of change. She has her fingers on the pulse of all new information and she is... Read More »

The Lyme community has been anxiously waiting to hear what’s next regarding the federal tick-borne disease working group mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act. Nominations were made and candidates were reportedly chosen, though not announced. Then, HHS Secretary Tom Price... Read More »

NBC New York aired a five-part series about Lyme disease this past week, interviewing patients, doctors and research scientists. . It’s significant not only for its content, but for the fact that it aired in the largest television market in the US. . Watch now: . Part... Read More »

From the New York State Senate October 24, 2017: ALBANY, NY – Senator Sue Serino (Hyde Park) and Senator Kemp Hannon (Nassau) today released a comprehensive report aimed at combating the spread of Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in the state. Based on the findings... Read More »

Press release from IGeneX, October 16, 2017 IGeneX Inc., a CLIA and New York-approved Reference Laboratory, specializing in testing for tick-borne diseases, is pleased to announce the launch of three new tests that are more inclusive and specific for aiding in diagnosis of... Read More »

Jeffrey L. Diamond, is an award-winning television news producer and mystery writer who lives in western Massachusetts. He has written a two-part series for the Berkshire Eagle about his recent harrowing experience with tick-borne anaplasmosis. Part one, September 12, 2017... Read More »

From the Daily Mail (UK), October 11, 2017 by Caroline Howe EXCLUSIVE: ‘I have this weird, incurable disease that seems like it’s from outer space.’ Folk legend Joni Mitchell’s battle with rare illness that made her a hermit for years and made her feel... Read More »

LymeDisease.org’s Lorraine Johnson recently joined Robert Herriman for the second time on Outbreak News This Week Radio Show. They discussed the recent $800,000 grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded to analytic researchers at UCLA and Claremont McKenna College... Read More »