LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the October 27 online meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. Click below to scroll through the day’s collection of her play-by-play commentary. Read More »
Analyzing “rash selfies” helps early detection of Lyme disease
14
OCT
2020
Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Applied Research Laboratory (APL) researchers have shown that cell phone images of rashes taken by patients can be evaluated using artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) technologies to more accurately detect and identify the... Read More »
HHS and Cohen Foundation launch $25 million “LymeX” prize challenge
10
OCT
2020
Press release from the US Department of Health and Human Services: Today, at the virtual LymeMIND conference, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation announced a new $25 million-dollar, public-private partnership —... Read More »
Gut bacteria–an objective test for chronic Lyme disease?
02
OCT
2020
by Emily Arntsen, Northeastern University Fatigue, muscles aches, brain fog—are these symptoms of chronic Lyme disease, or merely side effects of the daily grind of human existence? It’s hard to tell. Chronic Lyme disease, also known as post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome or... Read More »
Here’s our summary of TBD Working Group’s Sept. 22 meeting, in tweets
22
SEP
2020
The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met online September 22. The panel continued to work its way through its proposed Report to Congress. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Move the slider bar below to scroll through her summary of what... Read More »
Here’s our summary of Sept. 15 TBD Working Group meeting, in tweets
16
SEP
2020
The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met online September 15. The panel continued to work its way through its proposed Report to Congress. LymeDisease.org blogger Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Here’s a summary of what transpired. Read More »
Dr. Eva Sapi makes great strides in Lyme disease and cancer research
16
SEP
2020
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 »
ILADS 2020–Live tweets from Sunday, Sept. 13
14
SEP
2020
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 »
ILADS 2020–Live tweets of Saturday, Sept. 12
14
SEP
2020
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 »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency