News

Bay Area Lyme Foundation has announced the results of the most comprehensive whole genome sequencing study of Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease — a condition affecting nearly 500,000 new patients annually. Published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS... Read More »

By Pat Smith, President of the Lyme Disease Association The recent Bloomberg article on the upcoming Lyme disease vaccine was not a surprise but was certainly a disappointment to the Lyme community and the Lyme Disease Association Inc. (LDA). The reporter spent time tracking me... Read More »

By Kay Lazar, Boston Globe Georgina and Madison Pinckney share an unusual mother-daughter bond. The two have spent years battling bouts of crushing fatigue, brain fog and, for Madison, a cascade of other debilitating symptoms. Each says a tick bite — about seven years ago for... Read More »

On the Ticktective podcast, author/activist Dana Parish interviews psychiatrist Dr. Robert Bransfield, a leading expert in the relationship between microbes and mental illness. Their topic is “Infectious Minds: Unraveling the Link Between Infections and Psychiatric... Read More »

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reporting a confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus disease detected in a Rhode Island resident who later died after contracting the disease. Laboratory testing was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and... Read More »

Supermodel Bella Hadid this week wrote a lengthy Instagram post, updating followers on her latest health battles. She said that after 15 years of “invisible suffering” she recently underwent more than 100 days of intensive treatment for chronic Lyme disease and... Read More »

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued two reports this week about alpha-gal syndrome, which can result in a severe allergy to red meat and related products. Officials estimate that some 450,000 people in the US may have the condition, which is typically... Read More »

By Patty Shillington, University of Massachusetts Amherst A medical therapy that inhibits the growth of cancer cells may one day be effective at treating Lyme disease, according to new research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of... Read More »

The Center for Lyme Action has published a 73-page document called “The State of Lyme Disease Research in the United States.” What follows is an overview of report’s main points. Executive Summary A growing epidemic Tick-borne illness is a growing health threat to the... Read More »