Roche, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for a test to screen donated blood for Babesia. If undetected, Babesia can be fatal in patients receiving blood transfusions from infected donors. The newly... Read More »

Eighty-six organizations in 10 countries have joined the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition, protesting the IDSA Lyme guidelines. (Update: 87 groups in 11 countries) Countries represented include: the US, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium,... Read More »

Last May, LymeDisease.org launched a petition asking for Dr. Eugene Shapiro’s removal from the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG). More than 31, 000 people have signed it. We have contacted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) many times about... Read More »

The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition to protest the IDSA Lyme guidelines continues to gather steam–throughout the world. At this writing, 85 organizations in nine countries have endorsed the coalition’s rebuttal to the guidelines. (Update: 87 organizations) Countries... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held a web-based meeting on September 12. Members of sub-committees were announced, with progress reports. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Here’s a compendium of what she posted during the meeting. Read More »

The documentary Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons will celebrate its world premiere on October 5th at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. Skin Deep was directed by Emmy-winning editor and filmmaker Pi Ware. The film investigates the fierce controversy surrounding the... Read More »

By Mary Beth Pfeiffer In August of 2013, Joseph Elone died suddenly when Lyme disease infected his heart. He was 17 years old and had just returned from summer camp in Rhode Island, which then had the nation’s seventh highest Lyme disease rate. Today, a wrongful death lawsuit,... Read More »

A bill calling for tick warning signs in New York state parks has been signed into law. The measure, sponsored by State Senator Sue Serino and Assemblymember Didi Barrett, requires installing such signage at state-managed parks. It also allows the state department of Parks,... Read More »

U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the Chairman of the Aging Committee, convened an official Senate field hearing on September 5, at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory Tick Lab. Immediately prior to the hearing, Senator Collins... Read More »