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The journal "Minerva Medica" has published a study of the safety of IV therapy in 200 patients with neurological Lyme disease. The study concludes that with proper care of the IV device, risk to the patient is low. Read More »

Though Shasta County, CA, is known to harbor lots of ticks, few tick studies have been done in the area. Since November, a pair of district technicians have spent a day each week collecting tick samples from 20 spots around the district, which stretches from Castella to... Read More »

"As Lucille Ashford's mom raced the 10-year-old toward a Cleveland emergency room last month, the girl lost consciousness. Lucille's heart was struggling to keep her alive. Doctors quickly intervened and saved the child's life. Then it took a team at Rainbow... Read More »

"I have two kids who have lost seven and five years of their lives at such a crucial stage," said mom Susan Jasper. "If somebody had suggested to us six years ago that maybe you should look at Lyme, that might have saved Russell and Katie losing so many years of... Read More »

From the UNDER OUR SKIN blog: "Last year the medical board punished 43 physicians for serious charges such as substance abuse, sexual misconduct, mental illness, and negligence; not one of these physicians received a fine larger than $5,000. And only one other physician,... Read More »

Theresa Denham, president and founder of the Oregon Lyme Disease Network, takes on a recent Eugene Weekly columnist who maintained that Lyme was not a serious threat to Oregonians. Read More »

"Any medication has the potential to have a problem, but we allow long-term antibiotic use for treatment of acne -- acne of all things," said Rep. Jen Coffee, R-Andover. "Why wouldn't we allow it for Lyme disease?" Read More »

CALDA president Phyllis Mervine had a sharp response to a "Eugene Weekly" guest editorial, written by a doctor who claimed there was little chance of any one suffering serious effects from Lyme disease. Mervine suggested the doctor "examine the evidence herself... Read More »

Lyme patients' groups are asking Connecticut residents to contact AG Blumenthal, and residents of other states to contact their own AG, in connection with IDSA's latest actions. Read More »