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By Renee Chmiel, University of New Haven Eva Sapi, Ph.D., has long been on the front lines in the search for a cure for Lyme disease – a disease that she herself contracted several years ago. Director of the University’s Lyme Disease Research Group, Dr. Sapi is an internationally... Read More »

LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live tweeted the virtual presentations of the ILADS 2020 scientific conference. Here’s what she said on Sept. 13: Read More »

LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live tweeted the virtual presentations of the ILADS 2020 scientific conference. Here’s a compilation of Sept. 12’s events: Read More »

LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live tweeted the virtual presentations of the ILADS 2020 scientific conference.   Here’s a compilation of what she said: Read More »

Actress and comedian Amy Schumer has announced on Instagram that she’s being treated for Lyme disease. “Anyone get LYME this summer? I got it and I’m on doxycycline,” she wrote. “I have maybe had it for years. Any advice? Can you have a glass of wine or 2... Read More »

Nina Fairbairn played on the Harvard women’s golf team all four of her undergraduate years. 2013-2017. But during the summer between her junior and senior years, she started having serious health problems, due to unrecognized Lyme disease. Now, she and another former... Read More »

New York Daily News, Sept. 2, 2020 By Bill Madden The long goodbye has ended. The Mets’ “Franchise” is gone. Tom Seaver, the greatest of all Mets who dropped out of public life in March of 2019 after being diagnosed with dementia died early Monday. According to family sources,... Read More »

by Darryl Geddes, Upstate Medical University If you’ve just returned from a hike in the woods and are checking your body for ticks, check your thigh first. In a recent survey by Upstate Medical University’s Citizen Science Tick Testing Program, Central New Yorkers reported... Read More »

Nootkatone–an oil derived from cedar trees and grapefruit–has been registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in insecticides and insect repellents. The chemical repels and kills ticks, mosquitoes, and a wide variety of other biting pests. It is... Read More »