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Huffington Post, December 13, 2017: by David Michael Conner Tuesday was the second of the first two-day meeting of the HHS Federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. In sum, Monday was largely ceremonial. It began with the non-federal employee members of the Working Group taking... Read More »

Press release: LymeDisease.org releases “Top 10 Lyme Disease Research Questions,” as federal government weighs options in fight against growing epidemic. The nation’s top research priority for Lyme disease should be finding a more accurate and sensitive diagnostic test. That’s... Read More »

David Michael  Conner was in the audience yesterday at the first meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. He filed the following report for the Huffington Post. Another meeting will be held today. December 12, 2017 …To say that the legacy of the AIDS... Read More »

The US Department of Health and Human Services today gave us a statement regarding Dr. Gary Wormser’s position on the federal Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. According to an HHS spokesperson: “Dr. Gary Wormser has declined the invitation to serve on the Tick-Borne Disease... Read More »

If you go to the US Department of Health and Human Services website, you’ll see a beautiful thing. Dr. Gary Wormser’s name has been removed from the list of members of the Tick-Borne Diseases Working Group. We await word from HHS about who may be named to replace him. Presumably... Read More »

Click here to sign our Change.org petition to HHS The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group was established by 2016’s 21st Century Cures Act. The idea was to bring together a diverse set of stakeholders, including treating physicians, researchers, patients, advocates and... Read More »

David Michael Conner has published two companion blogs on the Huffington Post related to how Lyme disease can lead to hearing loss. The first is an interview with audiologist Tracy Murphy, who notes that many Lyme patients lose their hearing from the disease. Click here to read... Read More »

The United States Department of Health and Human Services has finally named members of the TBD Working Group that was established by the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016. The law called for appointments to include a diversity of viewpoints and specialties regarding Lyme disease.... Read More »

Along with new and continuing challenges for the Lyme community, there is also much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving season. Here’s some of what’s on our Gratitude List this year: . . . . . . MyLymeData offers leap forward for Lyme research  Almost 10,000 people... Read More »