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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 »

The latest issue of the Lyme Times is now available. In our cover story, our CEO Lorraine Johnson discusses how the CDC’s reported numbers of Lyme cases don’t match figures that come from other sources. Canine cases, physician referrals, and the MyLymeData registry... Read More »

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price resigned his post today, amid questions regarding his use of private jets for government business trips. Unknown at this point is what effect this development will have on the proposed Tick-Borne Disease (TBD) Working Group that... Read More »

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant to explore predictive analytic techniques using data collected by the MyLymeData patient registry. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Claremont McKenna College will... Read More »

Co-published by Inside Climate News and WebMD, Sept. 14, 2017: by Phil McKenna The fever started on a Monday morning in June. By Friday, I woke up in a bed at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with yellow skin, an inflamed liver, a dull pain in my stomach and a... Read More »