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The #Lyme disease community's leading source for news, insight and advocacy. Publisher of The Lyme Times, creator of MyLymeData. A 501(c)(3) organization.
Our latest issue celebrates MyLymeData’s 10th anniversary, highlighting its impact in reshaping Lyme disease research. It also features news updates and powerful first-person accounts of resilience and recovery from Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. lymedisease.org/members/lyme-t…
Do you want to learn more about IGeneX testing for Lyme disease? Here's your chance. igenex.com/webinars/fda-c… @igenexlab
Watch how the Lyme Ninja's semi-final round played out on American Ninja Warrior. lymedisease.org/lyme-ninjas-se…
“In the age on antibiotic stewardship, how is providing a single dose of ANY antibiotic practicing responsible medicine?” READ: Why does the CDC endorse single-dose doxy to prevent Lyme? lymedisease.org/lyme-sci-singl…
Even after Lyme disease bacteria die, the unique chemistry of their cell walls enables fragments to stick around in the liver & perturb cell functions. Read more: bit.ly/44LxYjg via @TheScientistLLC
It definitely can. Borrelia is known to prefer, infect and persist amongst type 1 collagen. Absolute implications for hypermobility: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ia…
We are in the midst of writing a paper on this right now! We see that Borrelia are nestled IN the collagen fibers! And if you want to come see for yourself we're having a special event gallery night this Thursday at MIT x.com/ImmunoFever/st…
I'm so PROUD of my lab making waves at #FOCIS2025!!! @graceloes gave an incredible talk on Borrelia causing trouble in the connective tissue and Mita got poster of merit!!!
🔥 “The only way to get borrelia [aka Lyme] to grow was to add collagen to the test tube…” 👀 ✅Ehlers-Danlos ✅Interstitial cystitis ✅diseases of arteries, ❤️, skin Lyme, Bartonella, & the collagen connection 💣 A MUST-SEE INTERVIEW W/ Dr. Joe Burrascano 🔗 👇🏼
We Agree 100%! READ: Help! I've gotten a tick bite. Now what? lymedisease.org/tick-bite/
Every summer in the USA, many cases of Lyme disease are not recognized and therefore treatment is delayed. If you live in a Lyme- endemic area, Think Lyme! #lyme
If you want to see Borrelia hiding in plain sight in the collagen fibers come to our gallery night on Thursday and we can show you the most incredible images x.com/ImmunoFever/st…
Want to see the universe within? Join us at MIT where you'll get to peak under our microscopes at the bacteria that cause #Lyme disease and even get to view YOUR own capillaries to see a bit of what we look at in our clinical study MAESTRO. July 24th RSVP: mitnano.mit.edu/events/studion…
“What we’re trying to do is measure everything,” said Michal Caspi Tal, an immunologist at MIT, who is leading the study, which also includes acute Lyme and long Covid participants. “I want to find a way to give people hope.” @ImmunoFever 👏👏👏 wsj.com/health/chronic…
You’re invited to the 2025 Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Summit on September 18th & 19th, 2025! The Summit will be hosted at the CNY Biotech Accelerator in Syracuse, NY. RSVP to save your spot! The list of speakers & tentative agenda can be found here: ticksummit.org 👏🏻💚
Bites From 3 Kinds of Ticks Now Tied to Alpha-gal Syndrome. READ MORE: Lone star ticks, Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus may all trigger red meat allergy. lymedisease.org/members/lyme-t…
“I didn’t even know what Lyme was ...but I knew something was terribly wrong.” The Love, Hope, Lyme Podcast features the author of Over My Dead Body: What I Learned During My Decade-long Journey to Heal from Lyme Disease and Co-infections. READ MORE lymedisease.org/over-my-dead-b…
Thank you @Brabbott42 for this wonderful piece, and highlighting what the MAESTRO study means to our participants! I love that my quote was about HOPE. I KNOW that this is a solvable problem. We need to work together to fix it! wsj.com/health/chronic…
Must-read on scientific & patient-centered trailblazer @ImmunoFever @MIT. MAESTRO study is a model for what research should be: data-driven, deeply collaborative, & grounded in the lived experiences of patients. #ChronicLyme #LongCovid #MECFS #IACCS wsj.com/health/chronic…
I had the pleasure of being on the Mast Cell Matters podcast with @DrTaniaDempsey hosted by Standing Up to #POTS standinguptopots.org/potscast/todd-…
Hey, @DoD_DHA only 10 months until next May, which is #LymeDisease & #TickBorneIllness Awareness Month. We’ve shown proof of concept for 100k+ Guardsnen (see below), let’s educate the whole of @DeptofDefense 🇺🇸 lymedisease.org/malachowski-ai…
If you go to the emergency room with a recent tick bite, chances are they'll offer you one dose of doxycycline--and tell you that's all you need to prevent Lyme disease. Dr. Daniel Cameron explains why that's a terrible idea. READ MORE lymedisease.org/one-dose-doxy-…
