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A new peer‑reviewed paper is sounding the alarm about a long‑overlooked risk: the possibility that Lyme disease can be transmitted from an infected mother to her unborn child. The study, published in Frontiers in Medicine and announced by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation, argues that... Read More »

Virginia health officials are rolling out a new public‑awareness campaign aimed at reducing the growing threat of tick‑borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and alpha‑gal syndrome. The Alexandria Health Department has begun placing educational signs along local trails and parks,... Read More »

By Mass General Brigham A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham and Yale School of Public Health reveals that red blood cell exchange transfusion (ET) may provide critical benefits for patients hospitalized with severe babesiosis. Babesiosis is a tick-borne... Read More »

by Emily Caldwell, Ohio State University It’s fairly common for members of the public to ask bug experts if ticks that hitchhike into a house on people or dogs can actually survive indoors for any length of time. A new study provides the first scientific evidence that the answer... Read More »

By Terri McCormick The Medical Academy of Pediatrics and Special Needs (MAPS) Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina recently brought together a rapidly growing community of clinicians committed to understanding complex chronic illness in children. This includes the often... Read More »

by Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen. So reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the SUNY Center for... Read More »

A new update from 60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals highlights encouraging progress for patients facing relapsing babesiosis, a serious tick‑borne infection that can be especially dangerous for people with weakened immune systems. The company announced that all three patients enrolled... Read More »

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Lyme Clinical Trials Network is looking for volunteers to join a research study testing whether a gentle form of brain stimulation can help with ongoing cognitive symptoms after Lyme disease. This study is for people who were... Read More »

New York resident Holly Ahern is a professor emerita of microbiology, a researcher working on improved diagnostic tests for Lyme disease, a member of state and federally convened working groups that examined all aspects of Lyme-infection associated chronic illness, and the mother... Read More »