NEWS: CDC raises Lyme estimate from 30,000 to 300,000
The CDC has announced a new way of reporting Lyme disease cases in the US. This is a developing story and more information will be forthcoming.
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TOUCHED BY LYME: Rash of Lyme stories in national media
The past few months have seen a sharp rise in Lyme disease coverage in the national news media. Here are clickable links, in case you missed them.
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THE LYME TIMES: New Yorker article fails to ask important questions
In the July 1 issue of The New Yorker, reporter Michael Specter examined “The Lyme Wars.” Shortly after his article was published, NPR’s Terry Gross interviewed Specter on Fresh Air. Despite some accurate reporting, Specter repeated much IDSA standard misinformation as if it were fact, without noting that much of it has been disputed by many scientists. Pamela Cocks, managing editor of The Lyme Times, sent this response to the New Yorker, which chose not to print it. (The only letter the New Yorker published on the subject was from an IDSA-aligned organization.)
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TOUCHED BY LYME: In latest "Yellow Book," CDC still minimizes Lyme disease risk
Updated edition of “ultimate guide for healthy travel” obscures the fact that Lyme is a world-wide concern.
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HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Trials and tribulations of getting Borrelia biofilms acccepted for publication
In this guest blog, pathologist Alan MacDonald describes the struggle to publish the discovery of Borrelia biofilms and what the existence of these biofilms means for chronicity and treatment.
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TOUCHED BY LYME: The difference between "normal tired" and "too tired to breathe"
Guest blogger Jennifer Crystal explores what “fatigue” can mean to a person with chronic Lyme disease.
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TOUCHED BY LYME: Unfortunate news for young MA tick researcher
Her case underscores the need for extreme vigilance concerning ticks.
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TOUCHED BY LYME: Bracelets for Lyme disease
The US Mail brings a gift from the heart to help Lyme patients.
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LYMEPOLICYWONK: Pam Weintraub’s CNN Article–Setting Things Straight
CNN published an editorial by Pam Weintraub that helps set the record straight in Lyme disease. I comment about how the Lyme research agenda has been hi-jacked by an insular group of researchers and why we need to include patients and their physicians as stakeholders in Lyme disease. It’s time for research and treatment guidelines that are accountable and that improve patient care.
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HARD SCIENCE ON LYME: Is it Summertime ‘Flu? – or Lyme?
The first sign of Lyme disease may be a non-specific ‘flu-like illness with fever, headache, stiff neck and muscle aches and pains several weeks or even months after the nymphal tick season in your area.
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