by Jennifer Crystal Last week, I had the opportunity to talk about my experience as a Lyme patient with COVID-19 on a panel with leading Lyme specialist Dr. Daniel Cameron. Thank you to everyone who …More
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Corona With a Twist of Lyme: Part 2
by Jennifer Crystal I have been battling COVID-19 symptoms for almost five weeks. I have had Lyme disease and two tick-borne co-infections—babesia and ehrlichia—for twenty-three years, though my tick-borne diseases went undiagnosed for the first …More
Why Are Virus Infections Like COVID-19 Resistan...
While many bacteria can be treated with antibiotics, it’s not the same for virus infections like COVID-19 by Mayla Hsu, Ph.D., Director of Research and Science, GLA Why can’t we treat COVID-19 with antibiotics? …More
What Can We Learn from Our Response to COVID-19?
What can we learn from Lyme disease patients and our work in tick-borne disease research that can be applied to the current COVID-19 crisis? by Robert Kobre, Chairman of the Board, Global Lyme Alliance …More
Top Ten Myths About Lyme Disease
by Jennifer Crystal Lyme is an enormously complex disease. To properly understand its symptomology, diagnostic issues, and treatment options, you’ve got to do a good deal of research. And that’s just for Lyme; there are …More
Parallel Pandemics: COVID-19 and Lyme Disease
Are there connections between COVID-19 and Lyme disease? by Timothy J. Sellati, Chief Scientific Officer, GLA There is only one region on the globe with no cases of COVID-19. Except for Antarctica, every continent has …More
Keeping the Big Picture in Mind: Don’t Overlook...
by Jennifer Crystal As Lyme patients, we sometimes spend so long just trying to convince people that we really do have Lyme, that we get tunnel vision. Let me explain. Last summer, after more than …More
Lyme Disease Physician Answers Questions About ...
Patient-Doctor Q&A: Lyme Disease and COVID-19 Interview by Alex Moresco I have spent the last few weeks like many of you inundated and overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the news coverage about COVID-19. Separating …More
Corona With a Twist of Lyme
by Jennifer Crystal Our nation is in a crisis about novel coronavirus COVID-19, and no one is more fearful than those with pre-existing conditions. These patients, along with the elderly, are at high risk if …More
