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The following article is submitted by Bruce Fries, of the Patient Centered Care Advocacy Group: Congress has stepped up efforts to improve the federal government’s response to the rapidly growing epidemic of Lyme disease. The FY 2018 Congressional Appropriations bill signed into... Read More »

Press release from University of Maryland: A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the bacteria that causes Lyme disease persists in the body and fights your early, innate immune responses. Dr. Utpal Pal, Professor in Veterinary Medicine, has... Read More »

There is still time to register for MyLymeData2018: Seeking Cures Together, which will be held April 7, in San Ramon, CA. MyLymeData, a patient-powered research project, lets people with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases learn from each other about what treatments work best and... Read More »

Journal-News.net, March 25, 2018 Editorial MAR 25, 2018 Gov. Jim Justice signed legislation this week preventing insurance companies from denying coverage for Lyme disease treatments. This is good news for residents here in the Eastern Panhandle, which has the highest number of... Read More »

Press release from the Lyme Disease Association of Australia, March 21, 2018: The Lyme Disease Association of Australia (LDAA) is currently funding a new patient focused pilot research study which is taking place here in Australia. The project aims to test clinical samples from... Read More »

Press release from US Food and Drug Administration, March 6, 2018: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Imugen Babesia microti Arrayed Fluorescent Immunoassay (AFIA), for the detection of antibodies to Babesia microti (B. microti) in human plasma samples, and... Read More »

Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner has resigned her position as a member of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. The Department of Health and Human Services announced that news, as well as several subcommittee changes on its website. Here’s what was posted: Working Group... Read More »

Press release from Charles E Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation, March 5, 2018: When does a “delusion” become reality? That question is addressed in the review paper entitled “History of Morgellons Disease: From Delusion to Definition” written by microbiologist Marianne... Read More »

In October 2017, NBC New York aired a 5-part series called “The Lyme Wars,” interviewing patients, doctors, and research scientists. This week, the station aired an update, focusing on the recent convening of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group, and the hope... Read More »