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The cover of the latest issue of THE LYME TIMES features entertainers Debbie Gibson and Daryl Hall, who are among the celebrities helping to draw media attention to Lyme disease. Read More »

LymeDisease.org has endorsed the new Lyme disease guidelines published by ILADS, calling them "both evidence-based and patient-centered." Read More »

Researchers say new DNA test will help diagnose borrelia infections quickly, leading to more timely treatment. Read More »

“The CDC keeps asking for ‘credible scientific evidence’ that persistent infection may cause problems in these patients. We have delivered that evidence on a silver platter.” Read More »

Earliest fossil evidence of Borrelia found in amber that is at least 15 million years old. Read More »

“Had we listened to our pediatrician and the local Lyme disease expert, we might have stuffed him full of psychoactive medications unable to address the disease. It would have been tantamount to locking him up and throwing away the key,” Elizabeth Stone said. Luckily they found... Read More »

Twenty-five years ago, with a handful of volunteers, Phyllis Mervine launched what became LymeDisease.org. Our first issue of The Lyme Times was two legal-sized pieces of paper photocopied and stapled together. This anniversary issue looks at the early years of Lyme advocacy--the... Read More »

Scientists are learning more about how different people's immune system respond differently to Lyme infections. Read More »

LymeDisease.org asked chronic Lyme patients the same "quality of life" questions the CDC asks about other chronic diseases. Nobody had ever done that before. Read More »