The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met in Philadelphia on March 3 and 4. Lonnie Marcum, of LymeDisease.org, live-tweeted the proceedings. Click here to read her tweets from Day One. Click below to read her tweets from Day Two. Read More »
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Day One of TBD Working Group meeting #12, in tweets
05
MAR
2020
The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met in Philadelphia on March 3 and 4. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the proceedings. Click below to see her tweets for the first day. Click here to see tweets for the second day. Read More »
Fourth insurance company settles in Lyme patient lawsuit
02
MAR
2020
Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer has reported on Twitter that Anthem has become the fourth insurance company to settle in Torrey vs. IDSA et al. The lawsuit has been brought by a group of Lyme patients. They’re suing the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the authors of the... Read More »
TBD Working Group meets March 3-4 in PA; you can watch via live webcast
28
FEB
2020
The federal Tick-borne Disease Working Group will convene March 3 and 4, in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting will be held at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 S. 22nd Street. On both days, the meetings begin at 9 am ET. The agenda calls for panelists to discuss and vote... Read More »
Lyme Times looks at disulfiram–old drug “re-purposed” to treat Lyme disease
28
FEB
2020
The Spring 2020 issue of the Lyme Times features four articles about disulfiram. The drug has been around for 70 years, but has only recently been used for Lyme disease. Many patients and their doctors report success–but also urge caution. Other topics covered in this... Read More »
Study: CDC’s two-tier Lyme testing was inaccurate in more than 70% of cases
26
FEB
2020
According to a new study, the CDC’s standard two-tier testing for Lyme disease failed to accurately diagnose more than 70% of blood samples from individuals with an erythema migrans rash greater than 5 centimeters across. Additional findings showed that Lyme disease also occurred... Read More »
The resistance is gaining in the Lyme wars; “a more nuanced picture” emerges
26
FEB
2020
Forbes.com, Feb. 26, 2020 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer For two decades, Lyme disease has had dueling identities. A burgeoning epidemic wrought by ticks. A raging controversy over why patients stay sick — and what to do for them. Now, however, the medical model that spawned the Lyme Wars... Read More »
Virginia medical board revokes license of Lyme-treating physician
25
FEB
2020
From NatCapLyme: The Virginia Board of Medicine has voted to revoke the medical license of Dr. Leila Zackrison. While the final decision was announced, the board has yet to release its opinion detailing the rationale for its decision. Many of our members are Dr. Zackrison’s... Read More »
Seven herbal medicines can kill Lyme disease bacteria in test tube
21
FEB
2020
Researchers have determined that seven herbal medicines are highly active in test tubes against B. burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, compared to the control antibiotics, doxycycline and cefuroxime. Published in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, the laboratory... Read More »
