Lyme Blog Posts
Lyme patients need tests, educated doctors, and affordable treatment
Alexandra Moresco delivered the following public comments to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. I’m Ali Moresco, a 27 year old tick-borne illness…
TOUCHED BY LYME: TBD Working Group and FACA’s open meeting rules
In a grand stroke of irony, Wednesday’s online meeting of the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group began with a recitation of the panel’s “core values.” These…
Doctors must learn to recognize TBDs in minority populations
Beth Carrison delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Over the past several months, increased attention is being paid…
Misdiagnosis of Lyme-caused rash can have potentially fatal consequences
Wendy Adams gave the following statement via telephone, during the July 8 meeting of the federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. I’m Wendy Adams of Bay…
Bias and group-think contribute to faulty treatment of Lyme disease patients
Dr. Elizabeth Maloney delivered the following remarks to the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group on July 8. Good morning. I am speaking with the support of…
TOUCHED BY LYME: New Hampshire Lyme insurance bill heads to governor
Wendy Thomas and five of her six adult children have all been diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections. So, she knows a thing or two…
TOUCHED BY LYME: How medical education misses the (Lyme) bull’s-eye
When I first started writing this blog more than a decade ago, I remember being contacted early on by a reader with a question. She…
LYME SCI: Bureaucratic (and other) differences between Lyme and COVID
We are 40 years into Lyme disease and only six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others in the Lyme community, I take note…
TOUCHED BY LYME: Community grieves loss of Dr. Neil Spector
Dr. Neil Spector died Sunday, June 14. By Monday, the news was spreading like wildfire through the Lyme community. Tributes poured in from literally around…
The Lyme community has lost a hero and a friend: Dr. Neil Spector
We have just heard the heartbreaking news that Dr. Neil Spector has died. Many in the Lyme community know him as the author of “Gone…
TOUCHED BY LYME: “Like the devil was inside me,” says comedian of Lyme disease
Back when she was in college, actor and comedian Tori Piskin started having blurry vision and debilitating fatigue. She says it felt like she was…
LYMEPOLICYWONK: The BMJ publishes our response to article dissing ILADS guidelines
The BMJ (formerly called the British Medical Journal) is a weekly, peer-reviewed publication based in the UK. It’s regarded as one of the world’s leading…