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By Tiffany Salmon We launched MyLymeData over a year ago, providing an effective way for patients to pool diagnosis and treatment experiences. This “big data” project gathers information about the lived experience of Lyme patients straight from the horse’s mouth. What... Read More »

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. One way for you to raise awareness in your region is to ask your local or state government to create a proclamation. This accomplishes several goals at once. First of all, it’s an opportunity for you to educate local officials about how... Read More »

Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections are often referred to as “stealth pathogens.” They can sneak in under the radar, so to speak, often undetected by the immune system. Once ensconced in the body, they may form colonies behind protective layers of biofilm, further... Read More »

Children are not just little versions of adults. And the bodies of children with Lyme disease don’t necessarily react the same way that the bodies of adults with Lyme disease do. For instance, according to Jen Sugden, ND, children with Lyme can face serious problems when the... Read More »

Recently, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette wrote a news story about tick-borne diseases in their state, which was distributed through a service called Pressreader. Dr. Richard Horowitz, a leading expert in treating tick-borne diseases, takes issue with many of the statements made in... Read More »

Television interview with LymeDisease.org’s Dorothy Leland. KXTV (ABC10) Sacramento, CA, March 15, 2017: By Frances Wang On Friday, the Lyme Disease Advisory Committee Meeting (LDAC) held a presentation in Sacramento, along with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).... Read More »

The Arkansas Health Department made headlines last week for actually acknowledging two cases of Lyme disease in their state. It’s the first time they’ve admitted such a thing in 10 years. And, according to state officials, the prior two cases were not acquired in Arkansas. You... Read More »

In 2016, New York TV station Fox5 produced two comprehensive special reports about Lyme disease, entitled “Lyme and Reason: The cause and consequence of Lyme disease” and “Lyme & Reason 2.0: The Voices of Change.” LymeDisease.org CEO Lorraine Johnson... Read More »

Barbara Arnold, an attorney in Oakland, California, specializes in helping people get Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits after Lyme and related diseases force them out of their jobs. She has personal experience with chronic Lyme disease, being a patient herself,... Read More »