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Co-Chair: “Persistent Lyme Religious Belief”/Lyme $$$ Amendments/ Tick Biowarfare Investigation Passes House/WNBA Denies Lyme-Covid Exemption/LDA’s New Spanish LymeR Primer/Lyme Vaccine Phase 2 Results/Asian Longhorned Tick Increases

August 1, 2020

Longhorned Ticks. Photo by James Occi, (PhD cand.) LDA Scientific & Professional Advisory Board

Persistent Infection a Religious Belief? Working Group Co-Chair Says – YES! At the meeting itself, Working Group Co-Chair, Dr. David Walker, and Member Eugene Shapiro made and seconded many motions to remove material from the proposed draft report including the two sets of guidelines, shared decision making, access to care, Lyme treatment trials, and cost of Lyme disease.

Working Group to Discuss Lyme Patient Issues/Goodbye Dr. Spector/Claims Show 94% Lyme/Lyme & AFib/Rickettsia in NJ Ticks

July 1, 2020

Lyme cases vs. all other tick borne diseases

LDA Campaign: Patient Access to Care. Our government denies persistent (chronic) Lyme and refuses to acknowledge and help those patients. LDA requested the public submit comments about the existence and importance of persistent (chronic) Lyme. How it affects their life, family, job, school, and doctors. We are pleased to report this campaign was successful and thanks to the many who took action and responded.

Lyme Awareness/Secrets of Lyme/LDA 30 Yrs/Working Group/Lyme & COVID-19 Study/ILADS Database

May 1, 2020

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a time to remind ourselves that Lyme is a disease that has been neglected, minimized, and ridiculed over decades and still continues to be. We all need to redouble our efforts to get an accurate test and to get patients properly treated, and treated with dignity.

Conference/WG Meeting Clips/Neuropsychiatric Lyme/COVID-19/House Lyme Caucus/Monies for Researchers/WG Meeting Summary/Tickmojis

April 29, 2020

Important Announcement: The Lyme Disease Association (LDA) and Columbia University have jointly announced our thoughtful but reluctant decision to postpone our annual fall 2020 CME Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases Conference due to the worldwide COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) health emergency . The safety and well-being of everyone are our primary concerns, and we hope everyone remains safe.

President at COVID-19 Event: Lyme is Serious!

April 29, 2020

President Trump hosted Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett — who credits his promotion of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, with her recovery from coronavirus — and other COVID-19 survivors at the White House.

Need Congress Members to Sign/Columbia Study Participants/Maternal-Fetal Transmission/Alpha-Gal/Pres. TBD Budget/Longhorned Tick Infecting Cattle

February 28, 2020

The Lyme Disease Association, Inc. is asking you to contact your Congress Member to ask him/her to sign on to two important letters from the US House Lyme Disease Caucus. These bipartisan letters provide details regarding what the Lyme Caucus is asking the two Appropriations Committees to include in their reports on FY 2021 Appropriations. The language in these letters will help provide direction for the monies to be allocated and was developed with input from Lyme/TBD advocates.

Important! Fox Lyme Special Award Finalist, Vote it to the Top Now!

January 23, 2020

“Lyme & Reason: Battles & Breakthroughs Against Lyme Disease” has been nominated as a finalist for the 2020 Sharecare Awards , in partnership with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter, renowned for the Emmy Awards. This is a great opportunity for the Lyme community to raise awareness about Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

LDA 2019 Grants/Non-Lyme TBDs Rising/Fallon Post Treatment Lyme Study/Chronic Lyme in House Language/Rodent Bait Vaccine

January 22, 2020

Team of Medical Research Scientists Work on a New Generation Disease Cure. They use Microscope, Test Tubes, Micropipette and Writing Down Analysis Results. Laboratory Looks Busy, Bright and Modern.

LDA strives to fund the most relevant and cutting edge research aimed at investigating the diagnosis, treatment, pathology, and prevention of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. The goal is to have researchers publish in peer review and move the field of tick-borne diseases forward. To date, LDA has 53 peer-reviewed publications that have resulted from its supported research.

Help Us Work for You/Tick Act Becomes Law/ILADS Defines CLD/TBDWG 2020 Meeting/Torrey Lawsuit Update

December 26, 2019

Help Us Work for You! Let’s Provide a Healthier New Year. This year has been another busy one for the Lyme Disease Association (LDA). We have now been working for Lyme and tick-borne diseases (TBD) for 29 years, with individuals who are patients and family members of patients driving the programs. We care about you, your family, your friends, your pets, who have or might acquire Lyme disease and other TBD. That is why 97% of our funds go directly to programs most years. By donating today you can help us continue our programs to help Lyme patients.

LDA Giving Tuesday Supports LymeAid 4 Kids/New! 2018 Lyme Case Numbers Reported/Lyme Wars Are Not Over/Tick Act Needs Your Help

December 1, 2019

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Help the LymeAid 4 Kids Fund. LDA #GivingTuesday, December 3, 2019. Our Campaign runs through Dec 31, 2019. The mission of LDA, a national non-profit, is to raise funds and awareness for Lyme & TBDs. LDA is asking #GivingTuesday donors to support LDA’s LymeAid 4 Kids (LA4K) fund. Children, ages 0-19 are 29% of Lyme disease cases. Your help is greatly appreciated!