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The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.
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Recent dispatches
Botanical Medicines Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, Artemisia annua, Scutellaria baicalensis, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Alchornea cordifolia Demonstrate Inhibitory Activity Against Babesia duncani
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol., 08 March 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.624745 “Human babesiosis is a CDC reportable disease in the United States…
HHS Aims to Accelerate Technologies for Combatting Lyme Disease – Chief scientist tells of her several year battle with Lyme disease
Published March 5th, 2021 at Nexgov.com authored by Brandi Vincent “Then I got what I thought was the summer…
New podcast: Climate change, migratory birds, and four season tick awareness
We turn our gaze northward to Thunder Bay, Ontario to chat with entomologist Dr. Ken Deacon. While working on…
Enter our podcast giveaway !!
GIVEAWAY! Looking at Lyme, a podcast by the Canadian Lyme Disease Association, recently interviewed an Optometrist from Victoria, BC.…
WHY DENTAL PROFESSIONALS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LYME DISEASE
Cheryl Bell – February 19, 2021 Dal News At the end of August 2019, a patient booked an urgent…
New podcast: Optometry, eye-brain connections and Lyme disease
In the words of Optometrist Dr. Cameron McCrodan, “you don’t see with your eyes, you see with your brain.”…
Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease
Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.
Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges.
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Global TV News: Why Lyme disease is on the rise, explained
[CanLyme Note: Both AIDS and Lyme disease arose as an issue in the late 1970’s with the first case…
Listen to CanLyme president Jim Wilson on CBC radio – Radio Canada International
August 5th, 2019 [CanLyme Note: This is just one of several interviews given by Jim Wilson the morning of August…
Lumby, BC, August 27th. – Join US for a Lyme Presentation
When: August 27th, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM Where: White Valley Community Hall, 2250 Shields Ave., Lumby, BC Presenter: Jim…
Join Us in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia for Lyme presentation
Jennifer MacLean and Amy Haynes-Desjardins have arranged for a Lyme and other tick-borne disease presentation to be held in…
Ontario, Canada: Mom urges daily tick inspections after Lyme ‘nightmare’
[CanLyme Note: As usual, infectious disease doctors are intentionally misleading the public. It is very clear from this reporting that…
“I’m the author of “BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons,” and I’d like to discuss some of the points you raised in your article in “The Conversation.”
An open letter to Dr. Telford from Kris Newby: I’m the author of “BITTEN: The Secret History of Lyme…
HOUSE ORDERS PENTAGON TO REVEAL WHETHER IT TURNED TICKS INTO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Lyme disease expert champions investigation into Pentagon weaponizing ticks: ‘It’s a courageous move’ July 21st, 2019 Kris Newby,…
Mouse genome unraveled. Perhaps new strategies to curtail the proliferation of tick-borne and other infectious diseases.
The genome of Peromyscus leucopus, natural host for Lyme disease and other emerging infections July 24, 2019 Abstract The…
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned ticks and insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released…