LDA NEWS & UPDATES
June 2019
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LDA/Columbia CME Conference
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September 21 & 22, 2019, Hilton
Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA
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Early Bird Registration has been extended until
July 8th!
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Scholarship application
due July 14, 2019
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Scholarships
are again available to enable participation in the LDA/Columbia CME Conference “Lyme Disease Association’s 20th annual Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases Scientific Conference”.
Eligibility:
Medical student; resident; post-doctoral candidate; fellow; nurse practitioner candidate; doctor or nurse practitioner new to practice, i.e., less than 5 years experience; veterinarian with equivalent status to the aforementioned; physician assistant whose sponsoring physician writes a letter of support on office letterhead; representative from a public health department.
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LDA LymeLiteracy - Pat Smith
Shame on the New York Times!
What a tremendous disservice the New York Times has done printing an article in 2019 that carries a message that doctors, supposedly experts in the field, tell parents of children who they diagnose with Lyme “ Great news, it’s Lyme disease, that’s the best thing it could be….It’s baloney that you can’t cure Lyme disease, it’s eminently curable.”
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Companion Bills Introduced in House & Senate
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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), along with Tina Smith (D-MN), a member of the Senate Health Committee, and Senator Angus King (I-ME) an original cosponsor, introduced a bipartisan effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment for tick-borne diseases.
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Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ), with lead co-sponsor Representative Collin Peterson (D-MN) introduced a bipartisan companion bill, the identical House version of the Tick Act, HR3073, into the House of Representatives.
Read more
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The Tick Act, Ticks: Identify, Control, and Knockout (TICK) Act, S1567
, is an effort to improve research, prevention, diagnostics, and treatment. The Tick Act incorporates significant language from the
HR 220
Chris Smith (NJ-4) bill introduced early in 2019 to establish an office for tick-borne diseases but broadens the scope to vector-borne diseases, which include tick-borne diseases but also mosquito and other insect-borne diseases.
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New Members - Federal TBD Working Group
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Photo courtesy of LymeDisease.org
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The ninth meeting of the Tick Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) was held on June 4th in Washington , DC, at which time new members were sworn in.
LDA President, Patricia V. Smith, was appointed as one of the public members of the new panel for Health and Human Services (TBDWG). This is Pat's second term on the working group. As witnessed during the first meeting, Pat will continue to be the voice of the patient and the growing numbers of chronically ill.
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For information about other newly appointed members and other details about the TBDWG, including how the public can comment, visit
HHS-TBDWG
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Town Meeting Weathered the Storm
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Photo by Joyce Scatuccio Jolliffe
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On May 29, 2019, The Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Congressional Town Meeting Sponsored by Congressman Christopher H. Smith (NJ-4) was held in the Wall Township, NJ, Municipal Building. Despite tornado warnings, flash flood warnings with torrential rains, a packed house of more than 200 people attended the three and a half hour event.
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Genetics & Chronic Lyme: A Link?
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Joanna Lyon, PharmD, MEd, MHS, CHES, BCGP
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Dr. Lyon received grant support for the project, and the resultant publication is the 51st peer reviewed publication which focuses on LDA-supported research. Dr. Lyon will be lecturing on this topic at the
LDA/Columbia Scientific CME Conference
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September 21 & 22, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA.
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