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Last week, I posted the verbal comments I made to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. At the same time, I also submitted written comments, which delved more deeply into issues specifically related to California. Here’s what I wrote: California has one of the most... Read More »

The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group met in Washington DC on May 16. The public could view it via webcast. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and some retweets from others). Read More »

The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held its fifth meeting in Washington DC on May 15. The public could view it via webcast. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President... Read More »

Editor’s note: The topic of a Lyme vaccine has raised some controversy surrounding the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, which meets this week in Washington DC. In order to shed light on the history of this contentious issue, we are publishing the following excerp... Read More »

The Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held its fourth meeting via webcast. Our Lonnie Marcum live-tweeted the day’s proceedings. Move the scroll bar to view her tweets (and re-tweets and comments from LymeDisease.org President Phyllis Mervine.) Read More »

My recent request to deliver verbal comments to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on May 10 was granted. Here’s what I said: Good afternoon. First, I’d like to thank you all for the work the TBDWG is doing and for giving me the opportunity to comment. My... Read More »

Robert Sabatino, a former New York City police officer, has been named as the newest public member of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. He fills the spot left vacant after the resignation of Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner. Sabatino is founder and executive director of... Read More »

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is a small, little-known part of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). One of the functions that AHRQ has performed up until now is to provide the National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC). NGC is a database of... Read More »

Forbes.com, April 21, 2018: By Bruce Y. Lee Looks like a bunch of New Jersey residents survived the winter. But that is not really good news. On Friday, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture announced the latest follow-up to what was described in a February 2018 publication in... Read More »