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LymeDisease.org’s Lorraine Johnson recently joined Robert Herriman for the second time on Outbreak News This Week Radio Show. They discussed the recent $800,000 grant from The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded to analytic researchers at UCLA and Claremont McKenna College... Read More »

The latest issue of the Lyme Times is now available. In our cover story, our CEO Lorraine Johnson discusses how the CDC’s reported numbers of Lyme cases don’t match figures that come from other sources. Canine cases, physician referrals, and the MyLymeData registry... Read More »

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant to explore predictive analytic techniques using data collected by the MyLymeData patient registry. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Claremont McKenna College will... Read More »

Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, an expert on Lyme disease and a former president of ILADS, last week gave prepared remarks to a New York State Senate hearing on tick-borne illness. Afterwards, he wrote the following letter to the two senators who chaired the hearing, giving... Read More »

Psychiatrist Robert Bransfield, MD, a former president of ILADS, addressed last week’s New York State Senate hearing on Lyme disease via remote video link. He discussed the many psychiatric impairments that can arise from tick-borne illnesses. If you’ve tried watching the... Read More »

“Shadow’s Edge” is the first mobile game designed to help teens facing serious health challenges discover their resilience. It’s based on a journaling book called “Digging Deep: A Journal for Young People Facing Health Challenges,” by Rose Offne and Sheri Brisson. T... Read More »

There’s a troubling statement about Lyme disease on the CDC website which is widely cited in the media: “This disease does not occur nationwide.”  (Editor’s note: Since this blog was published, the CDC has deleted this line from its website.) What in the world does that... Read More »

The risk of contracting Lyme disease depends on where you live or visit. The best way to determine an area’s risk is to look at a map. However, maps from different sources vary. For example, the CDC surveillance maps show exposure as primarily limited to the East Coast, but... Read More »

Lyme disease and tick-borne diseases are complicated illnesses and because of that, treatment can be complex. Patients who’ve gone through treatment will often say “your symptoms get worse before they get better.” One of the reasons for this is something called a... Read More »