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Dr. Joseph Jemsek, whose case with North Carolina medical authorities has been widely followed by the Lyme community, received good news from the board this week. In a statement widely shared on social media, Jemsek said: “In 2006, the North Carolina medical board... Read More »

North Carolina State University, Jan. 15, 2020 By Tracey Peake Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a very high prevalence of Bartonella bacteria in tumors and tissues – but not blood samples – taken from dogs with hemangiosarcoma, a cancer of the blood... Read More »

The Kay Hagan TICK Act—aimed at improving the government’s response to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases—was included in the federal appropriations bill passed by Congress this past week. President Trump signed the entire spending package late Friday. The TICK Act is named after... Read More »

IGeneX, a leading tick-borne disease testing lab based in California, is pleased to announce the availability of the new Broad Coverage Ab (BCA) Assays for Lyme disease and Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever (TBRF). The BCA assays are simple and cost-effective tests which give either a... Read More »

Former US Senator Kay Hagan, of North Carolina, has died, following a three-year struggle with brain inflammation caused by tick-borne Powassan virus. According to news reports, Hagan contracted the illness in late 2016. Since then, the condition had made it difficult for her to... Read More »

A patient group from the Czech Republic has joined the coalition opposing the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s proposed new Lyme guidelines. Borelioza.cz  (Lyme Czechia) is the 88th group to join the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition responding to the IDSA Lyme... Read More »

By Liz Horn A biobank, also known as a biorepository, is a collection of biological specimens or samples created for medical researchers to study a specific disease or condition. Scientists need blood and tissue samples from people impacted by a disease in order to conduct... 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 »

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 »