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by Precious Gibson, The List Actor Alec Baldwin has always been an open book, and when it comes to his health, he is no different. The “Pixie” star has long detailed his struggle with Lyme disease, which he contracted after being bitten by a deer tick. The ordeal was... Read More »

You can now watch the video replay of the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on “long haul” illnesses such as long COVID, persistent Lyme disease, multiple sclerosis and ME/CFS. Toward a Common Research Agenda in... Read More »

Women with Lyme disease take longer to get diagnosed, have more severe symptoms and experience higher rates of disability when compared to men. They may also be more likely to develop persistent Lyme disease. Those are among the findings of a recent study that analyzed... Read More »

By Maddie Burakoff, AP Science Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Humans and animals naturally pick up static charges as they go about their days. And those... Read More »

Meghan O’Rourke, author of “The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness,” will speak at the National Academies’ workshop on long-haul diseases in Washington DC June 29-30. O’Rourke’s book, a finalist for the 2022 National Book Award, draws on her personal experience with... Read More »

by Jacquelyn Kauffman, Washington University in St. Louis On a cold spring morning, Washington University in St. Louis virologist Jacco Boon, PhD, and wildlife ecologist Solny Adalsteinsson, PhD, flap and drag a large white flag through a woodsy area on the western edge of St.... Read More »

May 22-26 was “Tick Week” at News Center Maine, an NBC-affiliated TV station in Portland, Maine. Reporter Vivian Leigh filed the following daily stories: May 22: New ticks species and pathogens expanding into Maine So far this year, the Maine Center for Disease Control and... Read More »

Dr. John Aucott, Director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center, recently delivered an overview of Lyme and other tick-borne disease research. You can watch a replay of his presentation below. What follows is the introduction to Dr. Aucott by Shireen Rusby, one of the... Read More »

The first Texas screening of the Lyme documentary will take place Sunday, May 21, in Richardson, TX. After the film, Dr. Bruce Patterson of IncellDX will discuss chronic inflammation. The event is sponsored by the Texas Lyme Alliance. Additional screenings continue to be held... Read More »