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The health department of Fairfax County, Virginia, has come up with an eye-popping (and ear-popping!) way to teach people about Lyme disease–a rap music video. Bug biologist Andy Lima (a.k.a. MC Bugg-Z) created it, weaving in facts that might otherwise be considered rather... Read More »

One of the most frustrating pieces of the Lyme disease puzzle is that testing for the illness is so problematic. Due to faulty tests, a huge number of people who actually have Lyme are told they do not have it. They miss the opportunity for early treatment—when their chances for... Read More »

New York City health officials have issued an advisory to local health care providers, urging them to be on the alert for tick-borne diseases in their patients. “Recent travel to upstate NY, Long Island, and other parts of New England should prompt consideration of tick-borne... Read More »

There have been a lot of questions raised about the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group and how the Lyme community has participated in the process. Here’s a Q and A to bring you up to speed before the group’s next meeting on June 21. What exactly is the... Read More »

Kevin Wolfe of Alabama is the father of a son with Lyme disease. The boy suffered from intense pain, light sensitivity and an array of neurological symptoms. None of the many doctors they consulted could figure out what was going on–but they were all sure of one thing. It... Read More »

By Phyllis Mervine I was just cleaning up files on my computer and found this series of vignettes I wrote 10 years ago. I’ll be 75 in a couple of weeks and my work is not done yet! I had Lyme 10 years before I was diagnosed, but lived with another diagnosis all that time, getting... Read More »

Once again, the international grassroots social media campaign known as “Lyme Disease Challenge” has been in full gear this month, raising Lyme disease awareness in a fun and whimsical way. This is the fourth year that the project has asked advocates and celebrities... Read More »

Every May 26, Australia observes “National Sorry Day,” a commemoration of the country’s mistreatment of Aborigines. It began 20 years ago, as a day of mourning for what’s called the Stolen Generations–children of indigenous people forcibly separated... Read More »

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is a non-profit organization that focuses on the problem of diagnostic error. It works with patients and healthcare providers to improve the accuracy and timeliness of medical diagnosis. Diagnostic error is a topic that the Lyme... Read More »