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Journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer reports that Cigna has become the third insurance company to reach a settlement in Torrey v. IDSA et al. That’s the federal lawsuit filed by a group of Lyme patients against six members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and... Read More »

Here’s a summary of the January 29, 2020, meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group in Washington DC. It was live-tweeted by Lonnie Marcum. Read More »

Day one of the 11th meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met on January 28, in Washington DC. Here’s how LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Read More »

The following message was sent to us via NatCapLyme, on behalf of the “Friends of Dr. Zackrison.” Dear Lyme Community, On September 12, 2019, the Virginia Board of Medicine summarily suspended Dr. Leila Zackrison’s medical license for treating Lyme disease, pending a... Read More »

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 »