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March 2019
Lyme Disease Town Hall Meeting, Summerdale, PA
State Representative Greg Rothman invites you to attend a Lyme disease town hall meeting. Thursday, March 21, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Penn Business College Conference Center Susquehanna and Yellow Breeches Room 600 College Hill Rd, Summerdale, PA 17093 Pennsylvania ranks number one in Lyme disease diagnosis. Learn more from experts including: Nicole Chinnici, East Stroudsburg University Northeast Wildlife DNA Lab Director Leah Lind, Bureau of Epidemiology, Pennsylvania Department of…
Find out more »Lyme disease workshop & lunch, La Crosse, WI
The La Crosse Parks and Recreation Department is co-sponsoring a workshop about Lyme disease from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 23. It will be held at the Black River Beach Neighborhood Center at 1433 Rose St, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The workshop, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Lyme Network and the Minnesota Lyme Association, will feature experts using evidenced-based information to detail health concerns associated with tick-borne disease. Speakers will include: Elizabeth Maloney, MD, president of Partnership for Tick-Borne Diseases…
Find out more »April 2019
Of mice & ticks: Using ecology to prevent Lyme disease, New York, NY
Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for a conversation with Dr. Rick Ostfeld, a disease ecologist and national expert on Lyme disease ecology. April 4, 7 pm. Dr. Ostfeld will discuss: why ticks and tick-borne disease are on the rise, how wildlife influences our risk of getting sick, and ways that ecology can inform tick management and make the outdoors safer for people and pets. Discover why white-footed mice are public enemy #1, how opossums are allies in the fight against Lyme disease,…
Find out more »Morgellons Disease Scientific Conference, Austin, Texas
The Charles E. Holman Foundation is pleased to announce the 12th Annual Medical - Scientific Conference on Morgellons Disease April 6-7, 2019. The 2-day conference will cover key topics and latest findings in research, laboratory and clinical aspects of Morgellons Disease. Our ultimate goal is to provide physicians and other medical practitioners with insight into recent developments in the understanding of Morgellons disease as well as bring researchers, medical professionals and patients together to exchange information, ideas, scientific data, and…
Find out more »Mary Beth Pfeiffer, “The growing threat of Lyme disease,” Oswego, NY
Investigative journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer, the author of Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change, will speak at SUNY Oswego at 2 pm on April 6. She will talk about the rise of ticks and disease in Central New York, where Lyme disease cases grew by more than 300% since 2008 and half of adult ticks are infected with Borrelia burgdorferi. SUNY Oswego Rice Creek Field Station 193 Thompson Road, Oswego, N.Y. April 6 @ 2:00 pm
Find out more »Dr. Richard Horowitz, on Lyme and MSIDS, Washington DC
Dr. Richard Horowitz, the medical director of the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center in Hyde Park, New York, will reflect upon his experiences in treating chronic Lyme disease patients. In this talk, Dr Horowitz will discuss two of his recent scientific studies with broad implications for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease and associated co-infections. In particular, his studies focus on two drugs - Dapsone (diaminodiphenyl sulfone, i.e. DDS) and Pyrazinamide - to combat the persistent form of Lyme…
Find out more »Lyme speaker panel at health fair, Syracuse, NY
Spring Into Health is an all-day fair that will feature an afternoon panel on Lyme disease including foremost experts on the treatment, diagnostic and environmental quandaries posed by tick-borne disease. Presenting will be microbiologist Holly Ahern of SUNY Adirondack; author Mary Beth Pfeiffer of Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate; Dr. Steven Bock, a leading practitioner; and Robert Giguere of IGeneX Inc., a tick-borne diagnostics laboratory. New York State Fairgrounds 581 State Fair Blvd, Syracuse, NY 13209 April 7 @ 2:30…
Find out more »Mary Beth Pfeiffer on Lyme disease, Glens Falls, NY
Mary Beth Pfeiffer, author of "Lyme: The First Epidemic of Lyme Disease," will speak April 10 on the growing toll in New York State of ticks and the diseases they carry. Crandall Public Library 251 Glen Street Glens Falls, New York 12801 April 10 @ 6:30-7:30 pm
Find out more »Thomas Grier lecture on brain autopsies and Lyme, Superior, WI
Thomas Grier is a Lyme disease researcher who has studied the connection between Lyme disease and dementia for many years. He will give a public talk about a recent multi-center brain-autopsy study, at 6 pm, April 11, at the Superior Public Library. Address: 1530 Tower Ave, Superior, Wisconsin.
Find out more »Lyme disease prevention fair, Indianapolis, IN
Think there's no Lyme disease in Indiana? Think again!
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