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Phyllis Bedford, Co-founder and Executive Director of LymeLight Foundation, delivered the following public comment at the Tick-Borne Diseases & Associated Illnesses: National Community Engagement Initiative public meeting in San Francisco on June 11. LymeLight Foundation is a... Read More »

By Tracy Peake, North Carolina State A new study has found that patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or another psychotic disorder are three times more likely to have Bartonella DNA in their blood than adults without these disorders. The work further supports the idea that... Read More »

UPDATED June 14: Dr. Richard Horowitz and Dr. Myriah Hinchey co-hosted the Healing Lyme Summit, a free, online event June 4-10. Presentations will be repeated on June 14, 15, and 16. Register using this link Once registered, you’ll be sent a link 15 minutes before the start... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., has announced a study finding a new mechanism of immune evasion used by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This study is the first to identify the specific Borrelia... Read More »

By Tulane University Tulane University researchers have identified a promising new approach to treating persistent neurological symptoms associated with Lyme disease, offering hope to patients who suffer from long-term effects of the bacterial infection, even after antibiotic... Read More »

Lindsay Keys is co-director of the Lyme documentary “The Quiet Epidemic. “ “Law and Order” actor Chris Meloni’s family has dealt with chronic Lyme disease for years. The two have teamed up to persuade Congress to devote more resources to Lyme... Read More »

The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, led by philanthropist Alex Cohen, has launched Phase 3 of the LymeX Diagnostics Prize through a fiscal sponsorship with the Digital Harbor Foundation. This phase invites six teams from Phase 2 to plan clinical performance studies for... Read More »

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 »