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The LivLyme Foundation has launched the LonghaulTracker, an app that tracks symptoms of chronic illnesses in real time. Created by 18-year-old LivLyme Foundation Founder Olivia Goodreau, the app is designed for the millions of people living with long-haul diseases. It allows... Read More »

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified 35 genes that are particularly highly expressed in people with long-term Lyme disease. These genes could potentially be used as biomarkers to diagnose patients with the condition, which is... Read More »

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases shows that ticks capable of carrying diseases pose an emerging threat in Colorado. The results demonstrate that American dog ticks are present in 16 Colorado counties where they had not been... 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 »

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 »

Dr. Charles Ray Jones, a trailblazing pediatric Lyme specialist who treated more than 15,000 children from around the world, died on May 15, 2022. While many parents have credited him with saving the lives of their children, Dr. Jones was harassed by the medical establishment for... Read More »