Lyme Blog Posts
Lyme bioweapon amendment by Chris Smith passes House
An amendment authored by New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith to investigate whether the U.S. military weaponized ticks with Lyme disease has been included in the…
RFK Jr. to lead Lyme disease roundtable on December 15
Update: This event is over. See our re-cap of it here. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a roundtable discussion…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: How Bartonella hijacks the brain’s immune system
By Ali Moresco For decades, patients with persistent neurological symptoms have been told their illness is “stress,” “anxiety,” or “unexplained.” Now, emerging research shared in…
Miss New Hampshire Volunteer 2026 shares her family’s fight against Lyme
By Sophia Sargent My family’s journey with Lyme and other tick-borne diseases has been anything but straightforward. We faced crisis after crisis, confusion at every…
Register now for Center for Lyme Action’s 2026 Virtual Advocacy Day
From the Center for Lyme Action: Registration is now open for the Center for Lyme Action 2026 Virtual Advocacy Day on February 18. Thank you…
Researchers confirm new Rickettsia species found in dogs
By Tracy Peake, NC State Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that a species of Rickettsia first seen in dogs in 2018 is…
PODCAST: Why Lyme recovery stalls — and how healing can restart
By Fred Diamond Many Lyme survivors have told me about their journey to discover the root cause of their inability to heal from chronic Lyme…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: Borrelia, Bartonella & Babesia in the Brain
By Ali Moresco For years, people living with Lyme disease and other infection-associated chronic illnesses have reported cognitive decline, mood changes, memory problems, and unexplained…
What if healing depends on your cells, not your treatments?
Book review by Terri McCormick What if the reason you are not healing is not the treatment itself, but the condition of your cells? Breaking…
Georgia high schoolers are using CRISPR to tackle Lyme disease
Although Lyme disease is the most common vector‑borne illness in the United States, it remains one of the hardest to diagnose and treat. That’s why…
Are lone star ticks taking hold in California?
The lone star tick, notorious for spreading disease and causing a red meat allergy called alpha-gal syndrome, has long plagued the eastern United States. Now,…
PATHOBIOME PERSPECTIVES: Do your eyes hold the key to brain fog?
Pathobiome Perspectives is an interview series exploring the role of infections in chronic neurological and psychiatric conditions—including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Lyme disease, and long COVID. By…