Lyme Blog Posts
Pioneering Lyme pediatrician Charles Ray Jones dies at age 93
Dr. Charles Ray Jones, a trailblazing pediatric Lyme specialist who has treated more than 15,000 children from around the world for tick-borne diseases, has died….
Lyme Central: What you need to know about ticks, Lyme, and getting well
By Carolyn Degnan If you or any member of your family has Lyme disease–or if you suspect you might have it–or if you’re trying your…
TOUCHED BY LYME: #TickCheckChallenge teaches and inspires
Last year, PA Lyme Resource Network and Invisible International came up with a real winner of a way to encourage kids to do tick checks. In…
A partnership that’s finding answers in Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
By Bay Area Lyme Foundation Many different groups comprise the Lyme disease community including patients, their families, healthcare providers, researchers and nonprofit organizations. These nonprofit…
The physical and financial devastation of unrecognized Lyme disease
Caroline Ciocca delivered the following public comment to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on April 27. My name is Caroline and I am 25…
What you need to know about the new Lyme ICD-11 diagnostic codes
By Kris Newby, Invisible International The World Health Organization (WHO) has added 15 new medical diagnostic codes for Lyme disease, which replaced four older codes…
Things not to say to people with Lyme and other invisible illnesses
By Vicki Novinsky, aka “Miss Diagnoses” How many times have you been asked whether you have tried celery juice? What about kale/coconut oil/turmeric/yoga/colonics/algae/walking barefoot? I…
Lyme Awareness Month issue–excerpts of 12 important Lyme books
In honor of Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the latest issue of the digital Lyme Times is open access–freely available to all. This special issue offers…
Persistent Lyme, long COVID, and patient-led research
Carolyn Degnan delivered the following public comment to the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on April 27, 2022. Good morning. I am the Chief Operating…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Remembering a Lyme disease pioneer
This week, our community has mourned the loss of Nick Harris, PhD, a pioneer in the field of Lyme disease testing and a staunch supporter…
Nick Harris, IGeneX founder and pioneer in Lyme testing, has died
A pioneer in the fight against Lyme disease, Dr. Nick Harris, the founder of IGeneX, Inc., has died. In the 1990s. Dr. Harris developed a…
Tulane researcher asks, “Could chronic Lyme contribute to Alzheimer’s dementia?”
By Kris Newby, Invisible International In 2019, the late-great-science-writer Sharon Begley wrote an insightful article, “The maddening saga of how an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress…