by Chris Fisk | Aug 7, 2020 | News
Global pandemics, it turns out, make the work of Lyme disease educators and advocates about 1000 times more challenging. This past spring, as ticks were biting their way throughout the country, those of us who customarily sound the alarms have been hobbled.... by Chris Fisk | Jun 24, 2020 | News
If you are bitten by a tick (that means the tick attaches to your skin), there are a few tips that will make things easier for you as you learn about what you need to do next. Take a picture of the tick in your skin. Do not squeeze, burn, put alcohol on or otherwise... by Chris Fisk | Feb 24, 2020 | News
Holly Ahern, MS, MT(ASCP), Vice President, Lyme Action Network; Scientific Advisor, Focus on Lyme Developing an accurate diagnostic test for Lyme disease remains a scientific challenge. Current serological tests show limited clinical accuracy, and the development of... by Chris Fisk | May 27, 2019 | News
The medical opinion that 2×100 mg doxycycline administered at the time of a tick bite prevents Lyme disease is based entirely upon a single study, never reproduced, published in 2001.1 This study is based upon the incorrect assumption that the absence of a... by Chris Fisk | May 20, 2019 | News
This year over 100,000 New Yorkers will be infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease as a result of a tick bite. While Lyme disease can cause a broad range of symptoms, the one indisputable indicator of early infection is a distinctive circular rash, called... 
