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By Tracey Peake, North Carolina State University A pilot study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found evidence of Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. “Researchers... Read More »

Update March 27, 2021: Thanks to enthusiastic response from the Lyme community, this study has met its enrollment goal. Therefore, Flightpath Biosciences’ Study of a Potential Test for Persistent Lyme Disease is not accepting any more applications at this time. We’ll keep you... Read More »

Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, is one of the world’s leading experts on Lyme carditis. The condition occurs when Lyme disease bacteria enter the tissues of the heart, interfering with its electrical signals.... Read More »

Ecosystems suitable for harboring the ticks that carry debilitating Lyme disease could be more widespread than previously thought in California, Oregon and Washington. That is among the findings of a recent analysis conducted by the Translational Genomics Research Institute... Read More »

Five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to commonly-used antibiotics in test tubes against Babesia duncani. B. duncani is a malaria-like parasite carried by ticks which causes the disease babesiosis. Published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection... Read More »

One of the thorniest issues in Lyme disease has to do with the use of antibiotics. These are some of the questions we have sought to answer through our MyLymeData patient registry: Why do some people improve substantially with antibiotic treatment, while others do not? What... Read More »

by Cheryl Bell, Dalhousie University At the end of August 2019, a patient booked an urgent appointment with her dentist. A painful toothache had woken her the night before. Her symptoms also included intense pain in her jaw, temple, and neck, accompanied by a tingling on her... Read More »

A bill requiring health officials to keep track of people who have died of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has passed the New York State Senate and now goes to the Assembly. The bill (S.677A) requires coroners, pathologists and medical examiners to report promptly to the local... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group has submitted its 2020 Report to Congress. The document is now available to the public on the Health and Human Services website. Click here to download your own copy.                 Read More »