In 2016, Massachusetts passed a law mandating insurance coverage for long-term antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. According to Boston 25 News reporter Ted Daniel, some patients are being denied that kind of coverage. The Massachusetts Office of Patient Protection says since... Read More »

NBC News, October 7, 2019 By Pamela Weintraub The fight over Lyme disease is one of the hottest topics in medicine right now. Is Lyme underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? Easily detected with current tests, or often missed? Cured with a 30-day supply of doxycycline or immortal,... Read More »

A bill requiring insurance companies to cover long-term treatment for Lyme disease passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in April. Since then, the measure has languished on the Senate side. Now, PA Lyme advocates are gearing up for a RALLY DAY at the State Capitol in... Read More »

Undark Magazine, October 2, 2019 by Cassandra Willyard JESSICA REEDER worries about ticks and the diseases they carry. She had Lyme disease, her brother had Lyme disease, and every fall her children come home from school with notes reminding parents to do a nightly tick check.... Read More »

The Herald-Standard, (Uniontown, PA), Sept. 23, 2019 by Rachel Basinger Eric Painter of Bullskin Township began his Lyme disease journey in 2010. “At first, it felt like I had the flu for probably two weeks, and then it started to subside, but after a week or two the same... Read More »

Eighty-seven organizations in 11 countries are now on record as opposing the IDSA’s proposed Lyme disease treatment guidelines. The most recent one to join the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition is borelioza.org – Lyme Poland. Other countries represented include the US,... Read More »

The judge has ordered a stay in the federal lawsuit brought by Lyme patients against IDSA doctors and insurance companies. The suit–known as Torrey v. IDSA et al–charges six doctors and eight insurers with violating a law normally applied to organized crime: the... Read More »

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 »