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A new study out of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center has revealed disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease between Black and White patients with the condition. Researchers say the data, which draws on participants’ medical histories,... Read More »

Over the last five years, the Lyme Education Awareness Foundation, also known as LEAF, has taught more than 10,000 children how to protect themselves from tick-borne disease. Now, the Maryland-based organization has created a game that they hope will spread their message to even... Read More »

The CDC has issued an advisory for people traveling to the Mexican state of Baja California–beware of ticks that could spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The warning comes after someone from the San Diego area recently died from the illness. That person had recently... Read More »

The forthcoming season of the TV reality series “The Bachelor” includes a contestant with a history of Lyme disease. As recently reported by Yahoo News, 25-year-old Daisy Kent developed sudden hearing problems at age 15. According to Yahoo, Daisy said she had “a lot... Read More »

Researchers have identified seven combination therapies that are superior to courses of single antibiotics for treating persistent Lyme disease in mice. The laboratory study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Microbiology, was conducted by Bay Area Lyme... Read More »

A message from the Center for Lyme Action: Dear Lyme Advocate: Congratulations to all Lyme advocates for your work to grow federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease!  We are making our journey through the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process. Let’s keep it going!... Read More »

By Cameron Langford, Courthouse News Service Patients who were denied coverage for their long-term Lyme disease cannot hold an infectious disease society liable for its medical opinion that there is no convincing evidence of the existence of chronic Lyme disease, a Fifth Circuit... Read More »

As of Jan. 1, 2024, IGeneX will no longer offer the Western blot test for Lyme disease. It will be replaced by the ImmunBlot. The company says the ImmunoBlot differs from the Western blot in two key ways. “First, it looks for multiple pathogens, instead of one with the... Read More »

by Emily Caldwell, Ohio State News A species of exotic tick arrived in Ohio in 2021 in such huge numbers that their feeding frenzy on a southeastern farm left three cattle dead of what researchers believe was severe blood loss. The scientists from The Ohio State University have... Read More »