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A Celebration of Life for Pat Smith will be held September 7 in Neptune, New Jersey. It will also be livestreamed. Click here for details. From the Lyme Disease Association website: It is with deep sadness and a profound sense of loss that we share the news of the passing of our... Read More »

The California State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) is expected to block access to an entire class of alternative treatments including IV glutathione and methylcobalamin (a form of vitamin B12). These are relied on by many people with persistent Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses,... Read More »

On September 12, the California State Board of Pharmacy is expected to vote to eliminate access to safe and critical Category 1 substances like methylcobalamin (a form of vitamin B12) and glutathione infusions. These are relied upon by some of California’s most vulnerable... Read More »

By City University of New York A team led by CUNY Graduate Center biologists has produced a genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria that may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the tick-borne ailment. Weigang Qiu, a professor of biology at the CUNY... Read More »

An Allegheny County child is Pennsylvania’s first reported case of Powassan virus this year. Powassan virus disease is spread to people via a bite from an infected blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). That’s the same tick that can transmit Lyme disease. The child... Read More »

On July 11, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop examining the question of what they called “Lyme infection-associated chronic illness”—or “Lyme IACI.” It was significant on several fronts. The committee itself is a panel of... Read More »

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), has introduced legislation to address the long COVID crisis that is affecting more than 22 million adults and 1 million children across the United States – and millions more... Read More »

By Joyce Cohen, the New York Post Kelly Kreth was living the Manhattan dream. Ten years ago, she lucked into a rent-stabilized apartment in a doorman elevator building in Yorkville. Her current rent is just $2,105.42 a month. In her 1964 white-brick building, comparable... Read More »

Beth O’Hara, founder and owner of Mast Cell 360, has died. She was a functional naturopath specializing in mast cell activation syndrome and histamine intolerance, and many members of the Lyme community followed her work. A message posted on Mast Cell 360’s Facebook page... Read More »