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Commentary: Congressman Chris Gibson spoke to the Poughkeepsie Journal after winning the 19th Congressional district. He said he was "humbled by the win" and "most immediately, I will be working with the Senate to ensure ...

Commentary: A scientific article was just released from John Hopkins discussing a new method to identify antibiotic susceptibility testing for borrelia. The authors discuss how Borrelia can persist in the body through cystic forms and ...

Commentary: The Poughkeepsie Journal reported on Governor Cuomo "wanting to sign the Lyme bill", stating that "My kids have had it. I lost a dog because of it. It's a terrible disease." Lyme is spreading ...

Commentary: Assemblymember Didi Barrett just released a You Tube video explaining the seriousness of the problem of Lyme disease in New York State. She is joined by Senator Chuck Schumer in urging Governor Andrew Cuomo ...

Commentary: Different Babesia species are spreading worldwide. In this recent study published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 3 different species of Babesia (microti, divergens, and EU-1) were discovered in patients in Belgium, where B. microti ...

Commentary: Tick-borne diseases are climbing in Maine. Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis cases are rising, and the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has now been reported. In Vermont, 10% of the ticks were found to ...

Commentary: An important gene sequencing project was just completed for the apicoplast genome of Babesia microti. The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes had previously been sequenced. Babesia is the number one parasitic co-infection keeping my Lyme-MSIDS ...

Commentary: Maine is endemic for Lyme and tick-borne diseases, yet there is no funded state laboratory to check ticks for known infections spreading throughout the Northeast. Maine now has a referendum before voters to fund ...

Commentary: The Lyme community recently lost one of its most lovely, kind, and brightest individuals, as Lis Heininger passed away from complications from tick-borne illness. We send blessings to her family during their time of ...

Commentary: A scientific panel in Sag Harbor recently met to discuss the growing problem of Lyme and associated tick-borne diseases on Long Island. Dr Steven Schutzer from the Rutgers-NJ Medical School commented on the unreliability ...