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Lyme disease: ‘Citizen petition’ filed with CDC to end preferential treatment to IDSA guidelines

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A D.C. based citizens action group wants the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta to change its stance on the treatment of Lyme disease in the United States. The Patient Centered Care Advocacy...

Will Federal bill S. 1503. for Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases end 40 Years of Marginalization?

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I have been reading a lot of Lyme community web traffic regarding the Federal bill S. 1503. This bill provides for enhanced Federal efforts concerning prevention, education, treatment and research activities...

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Lyme advocates call on CDC to remove expired guidelines from all publications

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After a decade of controversy, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines for treatment of Lyme disease, first posted in 2006, have lapsed and been removed from the National Guideline...

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The disagreements between the CDC and Lyme advocates continue

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The Mayday Project Lyme patient advocacy group announced a response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the citizen petition, End Preferential Treatment of the IDSA Guidelines...