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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation (Cohen Foundation) have announced 10 Phase 1 winners in the LymeX Diagnostics Prize, a LymeX Innovation Accelerator (LymeX) competition to accelerate the development of Lyme... Read More »

When the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group last met on Oct. 24-25, we all thought that was their final meeting before submitting their Report to Congress in December and shutting down for good. (The 21st Century Cures Act, which formed the panel, only authorized it through... Read More »

A specialized clinic to treat long COVID and persistent Lyme disease has opened at Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Canada. According to the Canadian website Global News, the clinic team includes specialists in internal medicine, pulmonology, cardiology and infectious... Read More »

Clinicians who treat chronic Lyme disease patients say that treatment is complex, time-consuming, and does not fit within the standard insurance-based model of providing care. They also report facing legal challenges as well as professional stigma from their medical peers. A... Read More »

Lorraine Johnson, CEO of LymeDisease.org and Principal Investigator of the MyLymeData research project, is among the speakers at the LymeMIND conference on November 5. Johnson will participate in a panel entitled Finding Your Voice and Fighting for the Future: A Discussion on... Read More »

In a study using specialized imaging techniques, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report distinctive changes in the “white matter” and other brain tissue physiology of those with post-treatment Lyme disease, a condition affecting 10% to 20% of the nearly half a million... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group finished up what was supposed to be its last public meeting before it closes down for good in December. Alas, their work is not quite finished. There will be another meeting in November. Scroll down below to see how LymeDisease.org... Read More »

On the first of two days of meetings, the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group continued to work on its 2022 Report to Congress. Scroll down to see how LymeDisease.org live-tweeted the day’s proceedings.   Read More »

By Chuck Gill, Penn State Prescribed fire — a tool increasingly used by forest managers and landowners to combat invasive species, improve wildlife habitat and restore ecosystem health — also could play a role in reducing the abundance of ticks and the transmission of disease... Read More »