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LDA News Releases
(Non-LDA News
Releases of Interest can be found below)
February 4, 2010:
IDSA Violates Lyme Antitrust Settlement Agreement with Connecticut Attorney General
August 8, 2009: Lyme Disease Groups Finally Given a Voice in the Process
July 20, 2009: LDA Announces Lyme Disease Language in US House Appropriations Committee
June 21, 2009: Connecticut
Doctor Protection Bill for Lyme Signed by Governor Rell
May 29, 2009:
CT
bill passes Senate. Goes to Governor
April 20, 2009: CT Doctor Protection Bill Passes House
January 28, 2009: Lyme Organizations: New IDSA Guidelines Panel, Unbalanced & Biased
August 13, 2008: Lyme Disease Association Announces Lyme Disease Forum Aug. 20
June 7, 2008: Lyme Disease Association Announces Two Lyme Seminars
May 27, 2008:
Science Writer to Reveal New Facts on Lyme Disease Crisis and her Family’s 10 Year Struggle for Treatment
May 12, 2008:
Hundreds Hike & Ride on the Hook for Lyme Disease Research & Awareness
May 12, 2008: Lyme Disease Association (LDA) Announces Lyme Walk/Ride on Sandy Hook
May 1, 2008:
Attorney General Announces Settlement in Lyme guidelines case with IDSA
April 9, 2008:
Lyme Disease Physicians and Patients
Expose Research Group’s Ploy to Silence Them
March 10, 2008:
Lyme Disease Association & Mercy Hospital Announce Lyme Disease Forum
November 26, 2007:
National Association Announces Eastern Connecticut Lyme
Chapter
October 26, 2007: Controversies in Lyme Disease Treatment and Diagnosis
to be Debated at Lyme Disease Association Conference in Newton, MA
October
4, 2007: NEJM Owes Patients Responsible Journalism Says Lyme Disease Association
April 27, 2007:
Federal Legislation: $100 Million for Lyme Research & Education.
National Lyme Disease Association Announces Support for Bill
April 25, 2007:
A
First! Lyme & Tick-Borne Diseases Research Center Opens at Columbia
Through Partnership with Lyme Disease Association & Time for Lyme
March 9, 2007:
National Lyme Disease Association President Addresses
Maryland House of Delegates Rural Caucus
November 30, 2006:
Patients to Protest Lyme Disease Guidelines at Westchester Medical Center
November 16, 2006:
Historic Move by CT Attorney General to Investigate IDSA Guidelines Process
October 18, 2006:
Latest Lyme Disease Research to be Presented Oct. 20-22 in Philadelphia
October 10, 2006: New IDSA Guidelines Forbid Doctors From Using Clinical Discretion in Diagnosing Lyme Disease
July 19, 2006: Chronic Lyme Patients Can’t Get Treated CDC Director Told by National Patient Group
June 11, 2006: Federal Lyme Legislation Gaining Momentum in the Northeast
December 19, 2005:
Middlesex School Nurses
Meet With Lyme Disease Association to Learn About Lyme Disease
November 8, 2005:
Staff From Rockland
County Schools Participate in Program to Learn Better Lyme Disease
Management
October 28, 2005:
National Institutes of
Health Study on Lyme Disease Reveals
Significant Chronic Symptoms and Common Misdiagnosis
August 15, 2005:
Senate & House Lyme Bills: $100 Million
for Lyme Research & Education
April 24, 2005 : Writer’s Block of the
Worst Kind: An Open Book on Lyme
November 2, 2004:
Intensive Treatment Helps People with
Chronic Lyme Disease
October 10, 2004:
Columbia/LDA Medical Conference
October 31, 2003:
Lyme Disease Association/Columbia
University College of Physicians & Surgeons Conference
October 27, 2003:
Lyme Disease Association Announces
LymeAid4Kids Fund
September 3, 2003:
Lyme Disease Association Announces Cape
Cod Chapter
July 7, 2003:
Rhode Island Legislature Takes Large
Leap for Lyme Patients
September 17, 2002:
Congressman Takes Aim at Lyme Disease
in the Military
March 19, 2002:
Nation’s First Chronic Lyme Disease
Research Center at Columbia University
Non-LDA News Releases of Interest
March 11, 2010: Education Advocacy for Children with Lyme Disease
July 2009: One Advocates Perspective: News Release by Lyme Disease Education and Support Groups of America
- The Evidence Is In: Chronic Lyme Disease Does Exist
April 17, 2009: NY Congressman John Hall's Press Conference, Dutchess County
February 27, 2009: Smith Unveils Lyme Disease Bill.
CDC Data: Cases on the rise, highest among kids ages 5-14
November 1, 2007: Minnesota Lyme Action Support Hosts National Lyme President
October 16, 2007: Empire State Lyme
Disease Association Partners With US Senator Chuck Schumer
April 30, 2007: Time
for Lyme Announces: First
Lyme & Tick-borne Diseases Research Center to Open at Columbia
University Medical Center
April 30, 2007: Columbia
University Announces: First Lyme Disease Research Center in Nation Launches
at Columbia University Medical Center
February 19, 2007:
Bill Sponsor's
Press Release
November 14, 2006:
Local Lyme Disease Expert Critical Of New Treatment
Guideline
Last Modified: February 04, 2010
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