TOUCHED BY LYME: KC’s Kathy White, telling it like it is to the CDC
Hello. My name is Kathy White. I had a stroke 12 days ago and am talking to you from my hospital room in Kansas. I got a tick bite in 1998 in Kansas City, Kansas, while I was supervising recess in a...
View ArticleTOUCHED BY LYME: In latest “Yellow Book,” CDC still minimizes Lyme disease risk
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the online version of the 2014 edition of CDC Health Information for International Travel, commonly known as the “Yellow Book.” Nicknamed...
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NEWS: CDC raises Lyme estimate from 30,000 to 300,000
. . . . . The following is a press release from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC provides estimate of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year Preliminary estimates...
View ArticleTOUCHED BY LYME: “300,000″ number catches media’s eye
I blogged last week about the unprecedented wave of recent media coverage about Lyme disease. Turns out, we hadn’t seen nothin’ yet. On Monday, August 19, the CDC announced that it had raised its...
View ArticleNEWS: Scrutinizing the data behind CDC’s new Lyme estimate
From the Poughkeepsie Journal, Sept. 15, 2013 By Mary Beth Pfeiffer A majority of Lyme disease patients are being treated with antibiotics for longer than government-endorsed guidelines recommend, a...
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LYMEPOLICYWONK: CDC outreach to Lyme community—true patient engagement or...
The CDC has made significant overtures to the community lately—meeting with patient groups, sharing information of breaking events and answering questions. One of the issues that the patient groups...
View ArticleLYMEPOLICYWONK: Survey says most physicians don’t follow IDSA Lyme guidelines
I was reading the latest Poughkeepsie Journal article by Mary Beth Pfeiffer, “Doctors bucking Lyme Protocols.” This is the latest in her remarkable series of investigative reports on Lyme disease....
View ArticleNEWS: Battle shifting over Lyme disease?
Sept. 21, 2013 Written by Mary Beth Pfeiffer, Poughkeepsie Journal The debate over the existence of chronic Lyme disease — among the most heated in modern medicine — has gained momentum toward the...
View ArticleNEWS: Is CDC changing its tune on Lyme-related deaths?
From NBC News, Dec. 12, 2013: Three die suddenly from rare Lyme disease complication By Maggie Fox, NBC News One was found dead in a car that veered off the road. Two others collapsed and died suddenly...
View ArticleTOUCHED BY LYME: What does the CDC’s 300,000 number really mean?
In 2013, the CDC increased by a factor of ten the estimated annual diagnoses of Lyme disease. They now estimate 300,000 new cases per year. The old number was based on cases reported to the CDC, and...
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