View public comments given to the USA Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG)

[CanLyme Note: In the comments of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) they state,”IDSA continues to advocate for utilizing... View Article

Public Health Agency of Canada receives critical review of revisions to Lyme information on their publicly funded website.

September 4, 2020 This critique is a collaborative effort of several groups/organizations that represent Canadians living Lyme disease in response... View Article

Nova Scotia’s top doctor takes heat over retweet dismissing chronic Lyme disease

[CanLyme Note: Once you read this article you will see that the Nova Scotia Minister of Health chimed in with the... View Article

BREAKING NEWS: The Public Health Agency of Canada Secretly Implements Global Act Against Children with Congenital Lyme

[CanLyme Note: As a result of the allegations revealed in the below article by Jenna Luche-Thayer, CanLyme wrote the following letter... View Article

Canada: A systematic review on the impact of gestational Lyme disease in humans on the fetus and newborn

[CanLyme Note: We at CanLyme want to thank Sue Faber and Jennifer Kravis for their excellent persistent hard work in... View Article

Latest Lyme disease risk map for Nova Scotia

Lyme disease carrying species of ticks, Ixodes scapularis, have been in Nova Scotia for decades There is no part of... View Article

Draft of report to parliament regarding Bill 442 now online and open to public input.

February 7th, 2017 As per the requirements of Bill 442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease Health Canada... View Article

Saskatchewan, Canada: Lyme is there and spreading

[CanLyme Note: Lyme disease is not new to Saskatchewan, but it is spreading. Physicians need to be aware and willing... View Article

Boston, Massachusetts: Response to Boston Globe editorial against the Lyme bill

March 29th, 2016 The Massachusetts Lyme Legislative Task Force responds to a recent editorial from the Boston Globe, which opposed legislation to require insurance... View Article

B.C. patient questions accuracy of Lyme disease test used by province

Mark Hume VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail – Published Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 Internal government documents show blood tests used to... View Article

Internal government documents raise concerns over accuracy of B.C. Lyme disease tests

July 20, 2015 Lyme disease patients denied treatment based on faulty tests Vancouver, BC ~ Confidential documents, obtained through a... View Article

Read all Lyme disease presentations to the Ontario legislative committee on Bill 27 – June 1st, 2015

Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Social Policy – 2015-Jun-01 – Bill 27, Provincial Framework and Action Plan concerning Emerging Vector-Borne... View Article

Montérégie at epicentre of uptick in Lyme disease in Quebec

KATHERINE WILTON, MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: May 13, 2015 Hikers heading to the mountains and forests in the Montérégie should... View Article

Alberta, Canada : Rowe [MLA] wants provincewide strategy to fight Lyme disease

[CanLyme note: It says in the article that 70-80% of people who contract Lyme disease will develop a rash. That... View Article

Bill C-442 is carried as is in Senate. Hear testimony in Canada’s Senate Committee on Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease, as Bill moves forward.

Bill C-442 is carried in the Senate (signed into law with Royal assent Dec. 16th, 2014): Listen to testimony of... View Article

Canada’s Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on Lyme Disease passes 2nd reading in the senate.

Second Reading—Debate Adjourned Hon. Janis G. Johnson moved second reading of Bill C-442, An Act respecting a Federal Framework on... View Article

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