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Today.com by Nicole Bell, as told to Genevieve Brown It was 2016 when I got a call at work. It was the house alarm company. My husband, Russ, who picked up the kids from school each day, had arrived home and wasn’t able to turn the blaring alarm off. I got home later that... Read More »

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has announced that, after receiving the results of his blood work, his doctors have confirmed a diagnosis of Lyme disease. Gov. Justice says he will remain on antibiotics for several weeks to continue fighting the infection and adds, “I remind all... Read More »

by Sandy Berenbaum, LCSW, BCD  “…one should try to live each day in such a way that something could be done of significance that will echo through eternity.” These are the words Dr. Charles Ray Jones lived by. With Dr. Jones everything was personal, especially his relationship... Read More »

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control has updated its information on Lyme disease in the Canadian province. The Facebook post below shows a map of the province. Areas that health officials now consider ‘high-risk’ for Lyme disease are shown in red. Jim... Read More »

By Kris Newby, Invisible International In January 2022, the U.S. Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) published a revision to its 2017 Lyme disease case definition. This definition will soon be integrated into the physician reporting form that is used by the... Read More »

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation have launched the LymeX Diagnostics Prize. It’s a $10 million competition to accelerate the development of new ways to diagnose Lyme disease. Phase 1 calls on scientific,... Read More »

Dr. Charles Ray Jones, a trailblazing pediatric Lyme specialist who has treated more than 15,000 children from around the world for tick-borne diseases, has died. Many parents have credited him with saving the lives of their children. In addition to treating children for well... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held two days of online meetings, April 27 and 28. Here is how LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the second day. Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held two days of online meetings, April 27 and 28. Lonnie Marcum, of LymeDisease.org, live-tweeted the proceedings. LymeDisease.org CEO Lorraine Johnson also provided commentary. Here’s what they had to say.     Read More »