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from the Lyme Disease Association website: In a recently published review article,* authors provide a comprehensive summary of treatment options for pregnant patients with less common bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, including several tick-borne diseases (Lyme disease,... Read More »

Want an easy way to see where disease-carrying ticks have been found throughout the United States? Check out the new interactive tick maps recently launched by the Bay Area Lyme Foundation. The maps are based on data published in mSphere, a multidisciplinary open-access journal... Read More »

October 17 update: The premiere originally scheduled for October 20 has been postponed. According to Rhisa Marie Parera, she did not anticipate so much attention, both locally, and worldwide. She has been advised to push back the date to pursue further options for distribution.... Read More »

The name “borreliosis” can refer to two distinct but similar infections: Lyme disease and tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF). Both diseases result from different subspecies of Borrelia. They exhibit many of the same symptoms and both are spreading geographically.... Read More »

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Northeastern University Chronic Lyme disease has frustrated doctors and patients alike for years. The severe, lingering symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain, arthritis, or cognitive difficulties, have disrupted patients’ lives and... Read More »

Research from UCLA suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black people. In a study just published in the peer-reviewed Journal of General Internal Medicine, UCLA’s Dr. Dan Ly analyzed data... Read More »

The House of Representatives this week passed an amendment offered by New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith, directing the federal government’s “watchdog” agency to investigate the Department of Defense’s (DOD) possible weaponization of ticks and other insects with Lyme disease... Read More »

News Center Maine, an NBC affiliate in Portland, provides regular coverage of issues related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. This week, the TV news show examined the alternative treatment of cold laser therapy. Click below to see Vivien Leigh’s report. Read More »

by Kris Newby Communications Director, Invisible International Monica Embers, PhD, director of the vector-borne disease research center at Tulane University School of Medicine, summarizes evidence that suggests that Lyme bacteria can survive long after standard treatment... Read More »