In partnership, Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association and Colorado Lyme & TBD Support group are promoting May, Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month with our 3rd Annual Connecting~Learning~Healing Virtual Event. It will be held on May 22, 2-4:15 pm, Mountain Time. We are honored to host two pioneers in the field of Lyme & other TBD diagnosis and treatment: Dr. Daniel Kinderlehrer & Dr. Joseph Burrascano. Join us for each of these informative presentations with ample opportunity for questions and…

"The Quiet Epidemic," a new documentary film about Lyme disease, will make its US premiere at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival in the Eastern Sierra Mountains of California on Friday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. The film sheds light on the struggles of those who live with chronic Lyme disease and the history of the disease itself. The film's co-directors are both Lyme patients and felt compelled to tell this story due to their personal experiences. More information at the…

From the LivLyme Foundation: Free virtual LivLyme Summit. Hear from Dr. Richard Horowitz on his latest “quadruple Dapsone treatment,” Dr. Scott Commins on alpha-gal syndrome, CDC on new National Vector Strategy, the Dept. of Health and Human Services on LymeX, Dr. Neil Nathan on mold, and many other topics. Date: March 4 Time: 9 a.m. Eastern Time Click here to register

From Project Lyme: This webinar will address both the clinical and technical aspects of Galaxy Diagostic’s testing options. Dr. Amanda Elam. President and CEO of Galaxy Diagnostics, will provide a full overview of their tick-borne disease diagnostic portfolio with the goal of educating patients and practitioners. Click here for more information

The Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan is hosting a zoom presentation on tick bite prevention on May 2. Start time is 6:30 pm Eastern Time. This presentation is free to all Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan Members and $5 for nonmembers. Click here to register.a

From DrTalks: DrTalks is proud to present the Healing from Lyme Disease Summit. The online event, hosted by Dr. Tom Moorcroft and Dr. Darin Ingels, will take place from May 9 to May 16,  and is free for all attendees. This event will cover symptoms, treatments and the latest research. It will explore the impact of tick-borne illnesses on the body and mind and provide practical guidance on how to manage symptoms and optimize health. The speaker lineup includes more…

From the Lyme Disease Resource Center Please join us as we welcome back physician-scientist John Aucott, MD, Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center, for his 7th annual update and keynote talk to the Lyme Care Resource Center. Date and time: May 10, 7-9 pm Eastern Time. Dr. Aucott will discuss research advances, including an update on diagnostics, potential biomarkers, advanced neuroimaging, and future treatments. Please join us for this valuable opportunity to learn from a renowned…

From the Lyme Disease Resource Center, of Northampton, MA: On Monday May 15th at 7pm we'll be talking with Cindy Kennedy, MS, FNP-BC founder of Pursue Wellness in Longmeadow MA.  Bring your questions for Cindy, we'll be discussing her practice and approach to Lyme and tick borne illness. Cindy received her M.S. from the University of Massachusetts and is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has completed the Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) course among several other trainings…

From the Harvard Wellness Initiative: Lyme disease and other complex illnesses can have a profound impact on your sense of identity and purpose. Prolonged and debilitating symptoms can affect your day-to-day function, and, over time, derail the future you’d envisioned for yourself. “Invisible” illnesses like Lyme disease, with symptoms that are not always apparent to others, can come with the added stressors of being dismissed and disbelieved by family, friends, and even health professionals. The illness itself, along with its…

From ILADS: The Evaluation and Treatment of the Unusually Sensitive Patient Join us Wednesday, May 24 for an informative webinar from Dr. Neil Nathan on How to Treat the Unusually Sensitive Patient. Description: Patients are becoming increasingly sensitive to their medications, supplements, chemicals, light, sound, and EMFs. This presentation will discuss the details of what is happening inside the body to create these sensitivities, and then provide a discussion of the approaches that can allow the body to heal and resolve…

Tick Talk Ireland's National Lyme disease conference will be held in Portlaois, Ireland, on May 27. It will include the following speakers: Dr. Krzysztof Majdylo (Poland) Danielle Stram LMHC (USA) Dr. Carsten Nicolaus (Germany) Dr. Armin Schwarzbach (Germany) Dr. Jack Lambert (Ireland) Monica Wilde MSc Herbal Medicine Napier’s Dr. Ronald Stram (USA) Dr. TBC St George Clinic (Germany) Janna Neitzel MS RD Nutritionist (USA) Dr. Sigrid Blehle MD, MBA (Germany) This is an in-person event, not online. Click here for…

From ILADS: Join us Wednesday, May 31 at 7 PM ET for an important presentation by Alexis Chesney, MS, ND, LAc on the Prevention of Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases. This webinar is free and open to all. Description: lex Share this important and educational webinar with your friends and family to help raise awareness and prevent Lyme. Free Registration: This webinar is free and open to both patients and medical providers. Registered attendees will receive access to the recording for…

From ASPIRE (The Alliance to Solve PANS and Immune Related Encephalopathies): Speaker: Daniel A. Kinderlehrer, MD Webinar: Microbes and Mental Illness: Tick-Borne Infections and PANS Date/Time: Sunday, June 11,ne at 12:00 pm Eastern Time Register for this webinar: Via Zoom About this Webinar The most prominent symptoms of Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections are musculoskeletal and neurological, but neuropsychiatric symptoms can overshadow the clinical picture. Patients with anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders and even psychosis are often diagnosed with a primary…

From Invisible International: We are co-organizing the third European "Crypto-Infections Conference," to be held in Dublin, Ireland on June 17. The event will focus on Lyme disease, hidden infections, and bacterial persistence. Highlights include talks on the persistence of Lyme and Bartonella, long COVID, microbe-induced Alzheimer’s, neuropsychiatric manifestations of persistent infections, and more, with speakers from Europe and the U.S. The conference can be attended in person or online and will be available for CME credit. In addition to Invisible…

The Health and Human Services Lyme Innovation initiative is a patient-centered, data-driven approach to the threat of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The Lyme Innovation Co-Creation Workshop will share HHS updates and recent progress. This is an online event on June 28, 2 pm Eastern Time. This will be followed by interactive working sessions that define “human-centered design” and “co-creation” while connecting diverse partners from all sectors to advance the Lyme disease field with patients at the core of…

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is sponsoring a workshop looking into the issue of long-haul diseases, including long COVID, persistent Lyme disease, ME/CFS and multiple sclerosis. “Toward a Common Research Agenda in Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses: A Workshop to Examine Common, Overlapping Clinical and Biological Factors,” has been scheduled for June 29-30 in Washington D.C. The event will be hybrid—available both in person and via zoom. Registration information here. The idea is to bring together researchers from…

From Project Lyme: Brain waves can reveal important information about our overall brain function, including stress levels, thought patterns, and emotions. Dr. Robert Hedaya, a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center, uses a qEEG (Quantitative Electroencephalogram) to map brain wave patterns and help patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Dr. Hedaya explains how in our upcoming webinar on Thursday, June 29, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Click here to register.

As part of its Congressional Lyme Series, the Center for Lyme Action will present a webinar on The State of Lyme Disease Research in the United States. The event is scheduled for July 24, 3 p.m. Eastern Time. It is free and open to anyone. The webinar will feature the following two speakers: John Aucott, MD Barbara Townsend Cromwell Professor in Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Illness Director, Lyme Disease Research Center Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Rheumatology Johns Hopkins University…

How to Balance It All - The Intricate Relationship Between Hormones, Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Infections Presented by: Jaquel Patterson, ND Join us Tuesday, July 25 at 7 PM ET for an informative webinar from Dr. Jaquel Patterson on the relationship between hormones and tick-borne illness. Description: Dr. Jaquel Patterson will present case studies and clinical findings showing how to manage Lyme disease flares and symptoms through management of the hormonal cycle. The data presented will help providers to…

From Project Lyme: Dapsone is a sulfur-based drug originally used to treat leprosy. It has been adopted for treating Lyme disease because of its anti-inflammatory qualities, ability to attack persister cells, penetration into the central nervous system, as well as increasing patient’s immune responses. Dr. Horowitz has been on the cutting edge of adopting this therapy for use in treating tick-borne diseases. In 2020, Dr. Horowitz published an in vivo study outlining the efficacy of his double dapsone protocol on…

From Harvard Medical School: Date & Time: Sep 27, Noon, Eastern Time Due to environmental changes, the geographic range of black-legged ticks has spread far beyond New England. And as a result of warmer winters, ticks pose a threat through the entire year. Isobel Ronai, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University who studies ticks and tick-borne diseases. Drawing on her research, Dr. Ronai will describe the biological characteristics that make…

From the Bay Area Lyme Foundation: Wednesday, Oct 4 • 6:00pm Pacific   LIVE ONLINE via Zoom Link to be provided by email once you RSVP Join us for an evening discussion with Lyme disease specialist Dr. Sunjya Schweig and Lyme patient Nancy Chimsky Recovering from tick-borne illnesses can be aided through carefully devised combinations of conventional and functional medicine, tailored to the individual person. In this meeting, Dr. Schweig will discuss the top four lifestyle areas critical to recovery and explain…