Lyme Disease News

• Lyme Disease May Up Risk for Mental Illness, Suicidal Behavior Increased inflammation, immune activation, and psychological factors may help explain the association of Lyme disease with higher rates of psychiatric disorders and suicidal behavior, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, August 20, 2021
• Anaplasmosis Quadruples in New York State With the suburbanization of America, 'we have basically laid out a buffet' for ticks, says one expert.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2021
• 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year For the first time, Lyme disease-carrying ticks -- typically associated with woodlands in New England and other forested regions of the US -- have been found in abundance near beaches in Northern California, new research shows.
  WebMD Health News, May 07, 2021
• The Tick Talk for Families and Pediatricians For many families, it is time to make decisions regarding summer activities. Outdoor activities have been encouraged throughout the pandemic, which makes it a good time to review tick-borne diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2021
• Phage-Targeting PCR Test Picks Up Early Lyme Disease Promising data show that a viral gene in the Lyme disease-causing bacteria can distinguish between early and late infection.
  Medscape Medical News, April 15, 2021
• Long COVID Brings Welcome Attention to POTS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is one manifestation of so-called long-haul COVID. Patients may benefit from research funding.
  Medscape Medical News, March 26, 2021
• Climate Change: Dermatologists Address Impact on Health 'Climate change is not a far-off threat but an urgent health issue,' Dr Misha Rosenbach, from Penn Medicine, wrote in an editorial with coauthor Mary Sun, a med student at Mount Sinai in New York.
  Medscape Medical News, March 19, 2021
• Some With Long COVID See Relief After Vaccination Advocacy groups and physicians see symptoms improve after vaccination of patients with long-lasting COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2021
• Survivors Struggle as Scientists Race to Solve COVID Mystery The condition affects an uncertain number of survivors in a baffling variety of ways.
  Associated Press, March 15, 2021
• Stem Cell Fraud Case Sparks Concern Over Unmatched Docs' Role A recently elected Missouri state representative and assistant physician faces federal fraud charges after patients were duped into thinking they were receiving stem cell treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021
• The Dash to Adapt Smartwatches to Help Detect COVID Infections Wearable devices already collect vital signs like heart rate and skin temperature. New algorithms can use them to catch illness early leading to urgent efforts to help battle the pandemic.
  Knowable Magazine, January 28, 2021
• Joint Guidelines Favor Antibody Testing for Lyme Disease New clinical practice guidelines on Lyme disease place a strong emphasis on antibody testing to assess for rheumatologic and neurologic syndromes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 09, 2020
• Pandemic Puts All Eyes on Public Health Covid-19 has exposed the weak spots of the US public health system — and that presents an opportunity, says an epidemiologist, for the nation to recognize the problems and act to fix them.
  Knowable Magazine, November 19, 2020
• AAP 2020 Infectious Disease Is an Increasing Threat From Climate Change "Being able to point out to people how climate change harms the health of their children and affects their children's risk of infections is a particularly effective argument to make," said Dr Saul Hymes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2020
• Will the Coronavirus Evolve to Be Less Deadly? All pandemics eventually run their course. But history and science suggest many possible pathways. How might Covid end?
  Undark, November 12, 2020
• Late-Stage Lyme Disease and Psychiatric Illness: Final Verdict? Patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis, a late-stage manifestation of Lyme disease, may develop psychiatric illness, but new research suggests that when symptoms do develop, they tend to resolve within a year.
  Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2020
• When Children's Covid-19 Symptoms Won't Go Away Many parents report that pediatricians, initially convinced the symptoms are caused by Covid-19, grow more skeptical as the weeks progress.
  Undark, September 02, 2020
• New State Law Sets Up Group to Study Lyme Disease Testing New Hampshire has signed into law a bill that establishes a commission to study the limitations of current testing for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses and available treatment.
  Associated Press, July 22, 2020
• In the Uncertainties of Lyme Testing, Lessons for COVID-19 The coronavirus testing debacle, much like early Lyme testing, is a reminder that diagnostics aren't perfect.
  Undark, June 18, 2020
• Suspect Lyme Carditis? Start Empiric Antibiotics Waiting for test results before initiating therapy for patients suspected of having Lyme carditis may result in death, data from two recent cases show.
  Medscape Medical News, October 21, 2019