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By Jason Wachob, mindbodygreen.com Here’s the thing about tick-borne illnesses: According to functional medicine doctor Kenneth Bock, M.D., they can cover different organ systems, and so patients often present myriad symptoms. “It can look like anything,” he... Read More »

Key infectious disease researchers at Tulane University, Duke University and North Carolina State University will collaborate on an initiative to develop a treatment for bartonelloses, a spectrum of vector-borne diseases that can cause debilitating symptoms. The three-year, $4.8... Read More »

Although the erythema migrans (EM) skin rash is often considered a hallmark of Lyme disease, other skin manifestations of the tick-borne disease can happen as well. In a study published in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, researchers describe the case of a... Read More »

From News-Medical.net Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation resulting from the inflammatory response to coronavirus infection may be the cause of previously unexplained long COVID symptoms — such as fatigue, brain fog, and rashes — that occur in approximately 30% of... Read More »

From the Heal podcast: There is a clear tie between chronic Lyme disease and mental health illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts. Not only does Lyme cause these mental illnesses but the loneliness experienced within the Lyme community exacerbates these... Read More »

Dr. Rachel Levine, the Assistant Secretary for Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave the keynote address at Tuesday’s Congressional Lyme Series presentation. The online event was sponsored by The Center for Lyme Action, which works to increase... Read More »

In March 2021, LymeDisease.org shared information about research into the gut microbiomes of people with chronic Lyme disease. At that time, Flightpath Biosciences was recruiting Lyme patients willing to donate blood and stool samples for the project. (Note: the study is now... Read More »

From People via Yahoo Entertainment, June 9, 2021: By Julie Mazziota Living in the Hamptons around plenty of forests and fields, Alec Baldwin said he and his family “live in fear of Lyme” disease. The 63-year-old star has dealt with Lyme disease for the last 20 years,... Read More »

Internationally known Lyme researcher Dr. Alan MacDonald pioneered the use of pathological techniques to prove that untreated Lyme disease can result in a patient’s death. Additionally, Dr. MacDonald has shown that Lyme disease can cause fetal deaths, stillbirths, and... Read More »