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Understanding the effects of Lyme disease on the developing fetal brain is essential to ensure timely prenatal and postnatal treatments to protect the fetus and newborn. In response to this need, Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C. is leading a pilot study to... Read More »

Last year, a six-year-old Arkansas boy had to be put into a medically induced coma–after a tick bite gave him ehrlichiosis. At that time, according to his mom, “He lost all motor skills, all function, he couldn’t speak.” He began to have daily seizures, some of which... Read More »

by Dr. Eric Gordon Every day, we work with patients with complex chronic illnesses. Each individual is a puzzle, with varying symptoms and overlapping medical concerns. We know how hard it is to have complex health issues and so much confusing information out there. To continue... Read More »

From the Center for Lyme Action: The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations process has finally been completed. Congress has passed the second consolidated appropriations package and the President signed it into law on Saturday, March 23. The package includes funding for the Department... Read More »

By Patty Shillington, UMass Amherst Researchers at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne Diseases at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can cause... Read More »

By Anne Trafton, MIT News Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, affects nearly half a million people in the United States every year. In most cases, antibiotics effectively clear the infection, but for some patients, symptoms linger for months or years.... Read More »

The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended, according to new research from University of California, San Francisco that offers potential clues to why some people develop long COVID. The... Read More »

Virginia’s General Assembly has unanimously passed a bill to make alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) reportable to the CDC. It now goes to the governor to be signed into law. AGS, triggered by the bite of a lone star tick, can make a person highly allergic to red meat and meat-related... Read More »

The Rhode Island Department of Health has reported a confirmed case of tick-borne Powassan virus disease in a Rhode Island resident. The patient, a man in his 70s, began experiencing symptoms of Powassan in late January. He is recovering at home. Powassan is a tick-borne disease... Read More »