The Latest Breaking News from Lyme Disease

What is Lyme disease? Symptoms revealed as Justin Timberlake is latest celeb to share diagnosis

The rare illness can induce flu-like symptoms and even long-term joint problems

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

A gross side effect from California's extra wet winter: more disease-carrying ticks this spring

LOS ANGELES — Woodland and beach regions known for tick activity across northwest California could be even more prone to the disease-carrying arachnids this year after the state's extremely wet winter, according to researchers who study ticks and Lyme disease.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

Shania Twain reflects on being told Lyme disease meant she might never sing again

The country music singer has recently released her first album since undergoing surgery on her voice

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023

Donegal man wants to reintroduce wild wolves to Ireland to cull deer despite local concerns

An ambulance in the Dungloe area was damaged recently when it was struck by a deer

Irish Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Why Was the Lyme Disease Vaccine Tossed Away?

It was pulled from the market almost immediately after it was developed in 1998. Twenty-five years later, the painful disease is on the rise

The Walrus · Oct 17, 2022

Grieving dad's heartbreaking post after daughter dies following Lyme disease battle

Amélie Champagne, 22, took her own life this month following a battle with Lyme disease as her devastated father has spoken out about the tick-borne infection "hijacked" her brain

Daily Mirror · Sep 26, 2022

Father’s LinkedIn post about daughter’s suicide following Lyme disease goes viral

In the moving post, Alain Champagne spoke out about the toll that the tickborne infection had taken on his daughter and how, ultimately, it had ‘hijacked’ her brain

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Is it Covid or Lyme disease? Key symptom to spot as infections cause similar signs

Despite being two completely different illnesses, Covid and Lyme disease produce similar symptoms. With tick season in swing, many may think their fever-like sickness is caused by Covid

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Longtime TV anchor Leslie Griffith dies at 66 from Lyme disease

The family told KTVU that the journalist developed the disease after a 2015 tick bite in Oregon

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2022

Lyme disease symptoms as hot weather could increase risk of tick bites

The condition can cause pain and illness, and in some cases may lead to post-infectious Lyme disease.

Daily Record · Aug 11, 2022