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Bartonella, parasites and mast cell activation were among the many topics addressed at this year’s conference of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society in Chicago. Scroll down to see how LymeDisease.org’s Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the first... Read More »

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure, announces the addition of the Lyme Disease Tissue Collection Program to its Lyme Disease Biobank, which currently accepts blood samples. The expansion of... Read More »

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and its incidence has risen sharply in the last decade. Since its progression depends on environmental factors, increases in daily temperatures, a manifestation of climate change, might be contributing to a rise... Read More »

The Fall issue of The Lyme Times is now available online to current members of Lymedisease.org. Some of the highlights of this issue include: Lyme Disease Has Been Found in All 50 States A Perfect Storm: More Ticks in More Places Which Lyme Disease Treatments Are More Effective... Read More »

Palo Alto, CA, October 30, 2018 – Bartonella Multi-Species Western Blots and Bartonella IgX Spot offer increased sensitivity, improved coverage for multiple species and strains, and quick results with a single blood draw IGeneX is excited to announce the availability of... Read More »

I’m excited to report that the first study using information from MyLymeData has just been published in the medical journal Healthcare. Using patient-reported outcome data from 3,900 people enrolled in MyLymeData, we looked at how individual patients vary in their response to... Read More »

Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur used mice to study the transmission of bacteria by ticks infected with various European and North American... Read More »

Exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever is widespread in California, according to a study published in the prestigious International Journal of General Medicine. The report entitled “Relapsing Fever Borrelia in California: A Pilot Serological Study” was written by... Read More »

Mega-star Avril Lavigne this week released her first new song in five years, about her personal battle with Lyme disease. Its title is “Head Above Water.” In a statement, the Canadian singer explained the story behind the lyrics: “One night I thought I was dying, and I had... Read More »