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by John Nathaniel Aucott, MD,  Johns Hopkins University Her symptoms started quickly: neck pain, extreme fatigue and intermittent fever and chills. The woman had been healthy until then, and since she enjoyed gardening and landscaping at her rural Maryland home, she wondered if a... Read More »

In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the latest issue of the Lyme Times is open access–freely  available to all. Articles in the Summer 2020 issue include: How Lyme patients can avoid getting sick from the coronavirus Lyme experts offer outside-the-box treatments for... Read More »

Fox News, May 7, 2020 By Madeline Farber Though anyone can develop a COVID-19 infection if they are exposed to the novel coronavirus, health officials have continued to stress that some groups of people — namely those who are older or have underlying health issues — are... Read More »

Researchers using a new test for Lyme disease have uncovered multiple bacterial species in California and Mexico, according to a report published in the medical journal Healthcare (Basel). The report entitled “Lyme Disease: Diversity of Borrelia Species in California and Mexico... Read More »

Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey has written a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and the NIH’s National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Disease Director Dr. Anthony Fauci. In it, Smith thanked Azar and Fauci for their work on COVID-19,... Read More »

As the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, other issues still deserve our attention. The next meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group will be online on Monday, April 27, 9 am to 12:30 pm, Eastern Time. For this meeting, the TBDWG will review the work of the... Read More »

In this webinar, five well known Lyme doctors discuss coronavirus and how it is affecting their patients. The panel discussion is hosted by Dr. Sunjya Schweig, of the California Center for Functional Medicine. He is joined by Dr. Steven Harris, Dr Jacob Leone, Dr Ilene Ruhoy and... Read More »

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has alerted its members that pink eye (conjunctivitis) may be an early symptom of the coronavirus. On its website, the academy says the current pandemic “increases the likelihood ophthalmologists may be the first providers to evaluate... Read More »

(Editor’s note: Hydroxychloroquine, known by the brand name Plaquenil, is a drug familiar to many Lyme patients.) The University of Minnesota is launching a clinical trial on a post-exposure treatment for the coronavirus disease, COVID-19. This trial is testing... Read More »