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Last May, LymeDisease.org launched a petition asking for Dr. Eugene Shapiro’s removal from the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG). More than 31, 000 people have signed it. We have contacted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) many times about... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held a web-based meeting on September 12. Members of sub-committees were announced, with progress reports. LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the event. Here’s a compendium of what she posted during the meeting. Read More »

By Mary Beth Pfeiffer In August of 2013, Joseph Elone died suddenly when Lyme disease infected his heart. He was 17 years old and had just returned from summer camp in Rhode Island, which then had the nation’s seventh highest Lyme disease rate. Today, a wrongful death lawsuit,... Read More »

A bill calling for tick warning signs in New York state parks has been signed into law. The measure, sponsored by State Senator Sue Serino and Assemblymember Didi Barrett, requires installing such signage at state-managed parks. It also allows the state department of Parks,... Read More »

The Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition to protest the IDSA Lyme guidelines continues to grow–both in the United States and abroad. At this writing, 77 organizations in eight countries have endorsed the coalition’s rebuttal to the guidelines. (Update: 87 groups in... Read More »

Several ticks recently collected along the Lopez Canyon Trail in San Diego County’s Sorrento Valley have tested positive for tularemia. Tularemia, also known as “rabbit fever,” is often found in wild hares, rabbits and rodents. This is the sixth time this year that... Read More »

The Lyme community has many objections to the latest Lyme treatment guidelines proposed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The following is an excerpt from a 58-page rebuttal filed by the Ad Hoc Patient and Physician Coalition. Spearheaded by LymeDisease.org... Read More »

A resident of New York State has died from Powassan virus, a disease spread by infected ticks. It is the first known Powassan-related fatality in the state this year. Health officials did not identify the person. However, a family friend told the Daily Freeman newspaper that it... Read More »

By Barbara Keber, MD, and Holly Ahern We need a national public-private strategy that abandons our current low-impact approach to diseases brought by ticks. If you have not yet suffered with Lyme disease or one of the illnesses associated with the bite of a tick, you probably... Read More »