May Awareness LDA Guest Blogger Adrian Baranchuk MD, FACC, FRCPC, FCCS, FSIAC is Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is Editor-in-chief, Journal of Electrocardiology; Vice President, International Society of Holter and Non-Invasive Electrocardiology (ISHNE); Secretary, Interamerican Society of Cardiology (SIAC); Co-Director, ECG University; Past President, International Society of Electrocardiology (ISE); and […]
May Awareness LDA Guest Blogger Joseph J. Burrascano Jr. MD is a physician who was an early innovator in the field of tick-borne diseases, having begun his clinical research in the mid-1980s in cooperation with several other key pioneers. In addition, he is well known for his educational presentations and for his monographs on diagnostic […]
Webinar Available for Viewing on YouTube–On April 29th, 2021, Mothers Against Lyme & Project Lyme presented an interactive webinar Lyme Disease and Pregnancy: State of the Science and Opportunities for Research Support featuring Holly Ahern, MS, MT (ASCP), Sue Faber, RN, BScN, and representatives from the NIH. It is known that Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, can cross the placenta, causing
On April 29th, 2021, Mothers Against Lyme & Project Lyme presented an interactive webinar Lyme Disease and Pregnancy: State of the Science and Opportunities for Research Support featuring Holly Ahern, MS, MT (ASCP), Sue Faber, RN, BScN, and representatives from the NIH.
The LDA is compiling a list of articles in the news & journals of possible interest regarding Covid-19 & Lyme disease. Autonomic dysfunction in ‘long COVID’: rationale, physiology and management strategies (Clinical Medicine – London) Melanie Dani, et al. Lyme Disease in the Era of COVID-19: A Delayed Diagnosis and Risk for Complications (Case Reports […]
HELP US! This page is in progress – a full list of any resolutions submitted will be posted at the end of May with your help. Please contact your state, county or local governing body and ask them to pass a May resolution to spread the word about Lyme & tick-borne diseases. Check on your […]
The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) announces its annual Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases CME conference jointly provided by Columbia University to take place tentatively in fall 2021. The conference will be virtual, due to the safety concerns during COVID-19. Check back for more information soon.
Each May, the LDA asks experts in the area of Lyme & tick-borne diseases to write a blog to educate the public in an opinion piece on a specific topic or one they choose. One blog is published each week. For Lyme/TBD awareness 2021, LDA will present the following: Joseph Burrascano, MD Lyme Testing […]
Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla, announced yesterday that an antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 may be available by the end of the year. The pill, taken orally at home, would be effective at the first sign of Covid-19 infection or exposure, and is expected to be effective against variants. Pfizer is testing two antivirals, one intravenous […]
States and counties throughout the US have proclaimed May Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Many states and counties have taken steps to raise awareness regarding Lyme and tick-borne diseases. Declaring “May Lyme Awareness Month” is one move to help remind people spring is here, ticks are out, prevention & proper education are your best tools to […]