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The Winter 2019 issue of the Lyme Times offers a look at Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick, by Maya Dusenbury. Throughout the book, Dussenbury discusses medical gender bias in the context of such topics as... Read More »

by Marie Brown Lyme Disease Association of Australia Examination of one hundred blood samples from Australian patients suggests that many have been exposed to Lyme disease, tick-borne relapsing fever, or both. The results, which have not yet been published in a scientific... Read More »

By Mary Beth Pfeiffer A federal lawsuit that may just validate the pain of thousands of Lyme disease patients – and the flaws in prevailing tests and treatments — is moving ahead in a Texas courthouse, despite attempts to kill it. The lawsuit’s progress is a big development... Read More »

Pat Smith, president of the Lyme Disease Association, discusses ticks, the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group’s recent report and proposed legislation regarding Lyme disease. She’s interviewed by journalist Larry Mendte, of television station WJLP’s... Read More »

Advocates for Lyme disease patients are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw its endorsement of single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of Lyme disease after a tick bite. A key limitation of the recommendation is that it is based... Read More »

Click here for Update #2, Jan, 7, 2019. Update #1: On Dec. 21, I called the TV station to inquire about Brooke’s surgery. The person I spoke with said that the surgery was a success, and that she is home from the hospital. We’ll report more information when we have... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group issued its 2018 Report to Congress a few weeks ago, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) doesn’t like it. In a six-page letter to the Working Group dated Nov. 26. 2018, the president of the IDSA, Dr. Cynthia Sears,... Read More »

The last meeting of the first phase of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group was held on December 3, 2018. The panel recently submitted its 2018 Report to Congress. Nominations are open for the next phase of the Working Group, which will culminate in a second report to... Read More »

John Hopkins researchers:  Plant compounds may be better than current antibiotics intreating persistent Lyme bacteria. Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, according to a study by... Read More »