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Why Lyme Disease is Common in the North
January 11, 2017
from USGS, January 11, 2017 It’s the Heat and the Humidity, New Study Finds: Why Lyme Disease is Common in the North, Rare in the South When it's hot and not too muggy, Lyme disease-bearing ticks hide...
Flunk the Lyme test? Just wait and get sicker
January 10, 2017
from Huffington Post, January 9, 2017 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer Sin Lee, a pathologist and scientist, believes the deck is stacked in the quest to air new ideas on Lyme disease.
How CRISPR gene editing puts scientists in the driver’s seat of evolution
January 6, 2017
from PBS NewsHour, January 5, 2017 Imagine you could edit a mouse’s genes to be resistant to Lyme Disease. The mouse would breed and evolution would take its course, leading to the extinction of the d...
Ticks that carry Lyme disease found in Eastern US national parks
January 4, 2017
from ScienceDaily, January 3, 2017 Lyme disease has been spreading across the United States over the past several decades, and a new study has confirmed that ticks carrying the disease are present in ...
Lyme disease cases come roaring back this fall
December 13, 2016
from Portland Herald Press, December 12, 2016 by Joe Lawlor Scientists say ticks likely fled to the deep woods over the hot, dry summer, but returned to put 2016 on pace for a Lyme record. This summer...
Interview: Running a Marathon with Lyme Disease
December 13, 2016
Running a marathon is a major feat for anyone, let alone when you suffer from a chronic illness such as Lyme disease. Toni Blanchard, a member of the Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) Young Leaders Council (...
Sweeping Health Measure, Backed by Obama, Passes Senate
December 7, 2016
from The New York Times, December 7, 2016 By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR
Meet Marina Morgan, Paralyzed by Lyme Disease
December 7, 2016
Singer Marina Morgan was inspired by her health struggles, including Lyme disease, to write a powerful anthem called “Paralyzed.” National radio host Elvis Duran tells Today Show's Kathie Lee Gifford ...
GLA Partners with The Mighty to Increase Awareness of Lyme Disease
December 7, 2016
Global Lyme Alliance is pleased to announce a new partnership that will bring our message and resources in front of The Mighty’s wide-reaching readership.
Lab testing confirms new Lyme-related bacteria discovered in three BC ticks
November 11, 2016
November 7, 2016 The BC Centre for Disease Control and Public Health Agency of Canada Vancouver – The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirm three tick...
Move over, mosquitoes: tick fight takes attention
November 4, 2016
Omaha World-Herald, November 4, 2016 Zika-carrying mosquitoes had their moment this year as the nation’s top headline-grabbing pests, but the arrival of cooler weather means the resurgence of another ...
Making Strides Against Chronic Lyme Disease
October 26, 2016
FOX 5 News, October 25, 2016 WATCH NEWS FEATURE - Each year about 300,000 people in the United States will get Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness. The majority -- about 90-percent -- of those who get ...
GLA Receives Record Number of Research Grant Proposals
October 21, 2016
Advances in the fight against Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are only accomplished through research. Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) is delighted to announce that it has received a record number of app...
Richard T. Marconi, Ph.D. Joins the Global Lyme Alliance Scientific Advisory Board
October 19, 2016
Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) is pleased to announce that Richard T. Marconi, Ph.D. has been appointed to our world-renowned Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Marconi is a professor of microbiology an...
FOX 5 News Coverage of Bella Hadid at Uniting for a Lyme-Free World Gala
October 17, 2016
“I’m not feeling that well today. But I am good. I am happy to be here and I am excited,” Bella Hadid told Good Day NY co-host and event emcee Rosanna Scotto. Bella was honored at the event. She was j...
The Invisible Illness: An Interview with Rob Thomas and Marisol Thomas
October 13, 2016
from Huffington Post, October 12, 2016 by Andrew Cristi Global Lyme Alliance recruits soulful songster Rob Thomas and wife Marisol Thomas for Star-Studded Gala There’s no doubt that Rob Thomas is easi...
Long-forgotten Research Unearths New Mystery About Lyme Disease
October 12, 2016
from STAT, October 12, 2016 by Charles Piller The tick hunter was hopeful he had found the cause of the disabling illness, recently named Lyme disease, that was spreading anxiety through leafy communi...
Yolanda Hadid Talks Lyme Disease on Good Day New York
October 11, 2016
Yolanda Hadid shares details of her battle with Lyme disease with FOX 5 Good Day New York hosts Rosanna Scotto and Greg Kelly. WATCH NOW Yolanda serves as a co-chair for Global Lyme Alliance's Uniting...
Tick Bites That Trigger Severe Meat Allergy on Rise Around the World
October 7, 2016
from The Guardian, October 7, 2016 by Elle Hunt People living in tick-endemic areas around the world are being warned of an increasingly prevalent, potentially life-threatening side effect to being bi...
Young Leaders Council member talks Lyme disease awareness with WGCH
October 5, 2016
Toni Blanchard, a member of the Global Lyme Alliance Young Leaders Council, talks with Tony Savino on WGCH radio. Toni discusses the role of the Young Leaders Council (YLC) as part of GLA and the impo...
It's Past Time For Lyme Disease Vaccine, Says Vaccine Developer Stanley Plotkin
September 12, 2016
from Forbes, September 8, 2016 by Tara Haelle Your dog can be vaccinated against the tick-borne Lyme disease, but you can’t. And it’s long past time for that to change, argues vaccine researcher and d...
CDC Says Fewer Suffer After Lyme Disease. Doesn’t Say, If Treated Early.
September 8, 2016
from Huffington Post, August 21, 2016 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer For at least five years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially stated that 10 to 20 percent of patients treated...
Study Assesses Climate Change Vulnerability in Urban America
August 31, 2016
from Science Daily on August 31, 2016 Rising rates of diseases caused by ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes, such as Lyme disease, Chikungunya, and Zika, must be addressed by health officials. A new study r...
Something to Grapple with: How Wily Lyme Disease Prowls the Body
August 25, 2016
from Scientific American, August 25, 2016 by Knvul Sheikh The sneaky germ uses a mechanism like that of white blood cells to reach vulnerable tissues and hide from antibiotics Lyme disease is an incre...
All Seasons Are Tick Seasons
August 24, 2016
from Cape Breton Post, August 24, 2016 by Carla Allen All seasons are tick seasons and Nova Scotia is having a boom; The threat of Lyme disease continues to grow Fishery officer Neil Deveau was hit wi...
Could the Return of Large Predators Curb the Rise of Lyme Disease?
August 21, 2016
from The New York Times, August 20, 2016 by Moises Velasquez-Manoff Every year, at least 30,000 people — and possibly 10 times that — are infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, most in ...
Otzi the Iceman Had Lyme Disease
August 19, 2016
from The Guardian, August 18, 2016 by Nicola Davis New research on famous 5,300-year-old frozen remains of Alpine man reveals Ötzi as someone who made use of sheep, goats, cattle and hides from a brow...
Better Diagnosis Urgent In Lyme Disease Fight
August 18, 2016
Hartford Courant, August 18, 2016 While other diseases tend to grab headlines — Ebola and Zika most recently — one persistent and crippling condition, Lyme disease, continues to infect a reported 300,...
Dr. Steven Phillips Refutes Misinformation by CDC on Lyme Disease
August 17, 2016
from Huffington Post, August 16, 2016 by Dana Parish Yale-Trained Doctor Refutes Dangerous Misinformation Given by CDC’s Dr. Paul Mead on Fox 5 Lyme Special On June 30, Fox 5 New York aired a highly-r...
CBS News: Lyme Disease Prevention
August 11, 2016
Lyme disease affects more than 300,000 people each year. A newly released study by the CDC looks at the best ways to prevent getting bit by the ticks that transmit the disease. Global Lyme Alliance's ...
Is Lyme disease resilient to antibiotics?
August 10, 2016
from Huffington Post, July 15, 2016 by Mary Beth Pfeiffer
Treatment for Persistent Lyme Disease
July 29, 2016
Dr. Harriet Kotsoris, Global Lyme Alliance's Chief Scientific Officer, contributes to WBUR’s CommonHealth radio broadcast on Lyme disease. The broadcast discusses treatment options for Lyme patients, ...
National Institutes of Health funds new Lyme disease research
July 27, 2016
from Prairie Business magazine, July 22, 2016 by Kayla Prasek Catherine Brissette, Ph.D., member of GLA’s Scientific Advisory Board, receives a NIH grant to pursue a unique approach to fend off the ef...
Lyme and Reason: The Cause and Consequence of Lyme Disease
July 27, 2016
Fox5 NY aired an in-depth look at the cause and effect of Lyme disease. This important piece looks at the controversy over testing, the issues of misdiagnosis, and the personal struggles of medical pr...
Is it arthritis, early dementia, exhaustion from life in 2016—or Lyme?
July 26, 2016
from Town and Country, July 8, 2016 by Marcia DeSanctis
FDA Clears New indications for existing Lyme disease tests that may help streamline diagnoses
January 1, 1970
From FDA press release, July 29, 2019 FDA clears new indications for existing Lyme disease tests that may help streamline diagnoses Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared for marketing f...