LymeDisease.org submitted written testimony last month to Congress, asking for Lyme disease funding to be increased to $202 million. Here’s what we said: Submitted by: Phyllis Mervine, President and Founder, LymeDisease.org Prepared for: House Committee on Appropriations,... Read More »
Latest Lyme Times looks at Bartonella, mold, and mast cell disorders
06
JUN
2019
Did you know that Bartonella, sometimes a co-infection of Lyme disease, was essentially rediscovered as a result of the AIDS epidemic? Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, one of the top Bartonella experts in the world, explains more in our Spring 2019 issue of the Lyme Times. This issue also... Read More »
Dr. Stricker helps train doctors in Mexico to treat Lyme disease
05
JUN
2019
San Francisco Lyme specialist Dr. Raphael Stricker (a board member of LymeDisease.org) has recently returned from Hermosillo, Mexico. There, he delivered two talks at the LYRI Lyme Conference, sharing his knowledge with more than 350 medical personnel and patients. (LYRI is a... Read More »
TBD Working Group’s June 4 meeting, in tweets
04
JUN
2019
The long-awaited ninth meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group took place in Washington DC on June 4. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President Phyllis Mervine.) Read More »
Shapiro on TBD Working Group; other controversial choices too
03
JUN
2019
Less than 24 hours before the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) holds its June 4 meeting, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finally named its selections for the newest incarnation of the panel. Among the controversial choices is Dr. Eugene Shapiro.... Read More »
Educating California’s Central Valley about Lyme disease
23
MAY
2019
Two women from Fresno, California, are featured in a TV segment about Lyme disease. One, Jody Hudson, lost her 22-year-daughter Alex to the illness last year. She has since founded the Alex Hudson Foundation, to help make sure no other family has to go through what they did. The... Read More »
Study finds mixed bacterial biofilms in Morgellons specimens
22
MAY
2019
A new study entitled “Mixed Borrelia burgdorferi and Helicobacter pylori Biofilms in Morgellons Disease Dermatological Specimens” revealed that mixed bacterial biofilms are present within Morgellons disease skin specimens. The study, published in the prestigious journal... Read More »
If true, Shapiro on TBD Working Group will outrage Lyme community
17
MAY
2019
(Update: Click here to sign our petition to remove Shapiro from the TBDWG.) The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has announced on its website that Yale pediatrician Dr. Eugene Shapiro has been named to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. So far, there has... Read More »
Lyme spirochete found in genital lesion. Possible sexual transmission?
07
MAY
2019
A report describing detection of the bacterial agent of Lyme disease in a genital lesion lends support to possible sexual transmission of the disease. The report was published in the prestigious Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. It supports a pilot study... Read More »
LDO achieved Gold level: Committment To Transparency