Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are soaring in the state of Maine. In response, WABI-TV (Bangor) has aired a two-part special report called “Fighting Lyme Disease.” In this series, reporter Morgan Sturdivant interviews patients, advocates and researchers. She also... Read More »

LymeDisease.org submitted written testimony last month to Congress, asking for Lyme disease funding to be increased to $202 million. Here’s what we said: Submitted by: Phyllis Mervine, President and Founder, LymeDisease.org Prepared for: House Committee on Appropriations,... Read More »

Reps. Chris Smith (NJ) and Collin Peterson (MN) have introduced new legislation to create a new national strategy to aggressively fight Lyme disease and target an additional $180 million to boost funding for research, prevention and treatment programs. The new bipartisan bill,... Read More »

Did you know that Bartonella, sometimes a co-infection of Lyme disease, was essentially rediscovered as a result of the AIDS epidemic? Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, one of the top Bartonella experts in the world, explains more in our Spring 2019 issue of the Lyme Times. This issue also... Read More »

San Francisco Lyme specialist Dr. Raphael Stricker (a board member of LymeDisease.org) has recently returned from Hermosillo, Mexico. There, he delivered two talks at the LYRI Lyme Conference, sharing his knowledge with more than 350 medical personnel and patients. (LYRI is a... Read More »

The long-awaited ninth meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group took place in Washington DC on June 4. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President Phyllis Mervine.) Read More »

Less than 24 hours before the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) holds its June 4 meeting, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally named its selections for the newest incarnation of the panel. Among the controversial choices is Dr. Eugene Shapiro.... Read More »

The next meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group is set for Tuesday, June 4, in Washington DC. But there are many unanswered questions, including: who will sit on the panel? Here’s what the Department of Health and Human Service’s website says: June 4,... Read More »

Advocates continue to push for passage of Lyme-related legislation in Pennsylvania. So far, HB 629 has passed the House. A companion bill, SB 100, is under consideration in the Senate. The measure does several things. It allows doctors to clinically diagnose Lyme and treat it... Read More »