Lyme Disease UK is thrilled to announce our first Innovation Award to fund pioneering Lyme diagnostics research. The project will take place at the flagship National Horizons Centre, within the School of Health & Life Sciences at Teesside University. The work is led by PhD researcher Saba Niaz, supervised primarily […]
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a new range of sweeping, multi-million-dollar LymeX initiatives. In partnership with the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, the HHS aims to transform how Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses are prevented, diagnosed, and treated. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […]
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Scientists are taking a multi-pronged approach in the battle against Lyme disease, one of the Northern Hemisphere’s most stubborn public-health threats, according to a recent update in the scientific journal, Nature. Although prompt treatment with standard courses of antibiotics can be effective, many do not receive a diagnosis until the […]
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A new paper entitled, ‘Knowledge and Uncertainty in Lyme Disease Detection: An Evidence-Based Activism Research Study in the UK,’ has emerged in the journal Critical Public Health following research conducted by Professor Alex Faulkner at the University of Sussex and the patient organisation Lyme Research UK, led by Kate Bloor. […]
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An exciting study is being launched in the US by the charity Global Lyme Alliance in conjunction with Joseph Jemsek, M.D. who LDUK hosted an event with, in London in June 2019. We are very excited about following this study which is likely to be a gamechanger for patients. The […]
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