Archive for the ‘Lyme’ Category

There’s a New Type of Lyme Disease in NY. OY.

https://medicaldetective.substack.com/p/theres-a-new-type-of-lyme-disease-in-new-york-state-oy

There’s A New Type of Lyme disease in New York State. Oy.

Richard Horowitz

Jun 10, 2026

There are very few headlines that catch my eye. This one was surprising but not unexpected, since ticks are known to spread via travel on birds (and air travel has become more expensive these days, as I just found out after booking several flights). Here is the news release that made me pay more attention:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lyme-disease-rare-type-found-first-time-new-york-symptoms-severe-rcna348491

So what exactly is the ‘new type of Lyme disease (LD)’? It’s a strain of LD that is not normally found in NY State. Its Borrelia mayonii. The CDC just reported on it in their MMWR report. Here is a brief summary:

[From: Nafiz TN, Prusinski MA, Gubbala S, et al. Notes from the Field: Borrelia mayonii Lyme Disease — New York, 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2026;75:271–272. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7521a2]

This is an important case study, because B. mayonii clinically presents differently than an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), so we need to understand how to properly diagnose and treat it if it is being found in new areas. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

Dr. Horowitz points out that the rash with B. mayonii is not the ‘classic’ rash seen with Bb, which isn’t so classic either, and highly variable – although it’s completely diagnostic, proving infection – no testing even required. If you have the rash, you are infected, period.

But there is concern for more severe systemic illness with B. mayonii due to a high level of spirochetes in the blood.

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Lyme, research, Ticks, Transmission, Treatment

Seroprevalence of Borrelia, Anaplasma, Bartonella, Toxoplasma, Mycoplasma, Yersinia, and Chlamydia in Human Population From Eastern Poland

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/1/96

Seroprevalence of Borrelia, Anaplasma, Bartonella,  Toxoplasma, Mycoplasma, Yersinia, and Chlamydia in Human Population from Eastern Poland

by Angelina Wójcik-Fatla 1, Anna Sawczyn-Domańska 1,*, Anna Kloc 1,Joanna Krzowska-Firych 2 and Jacek Sroka 1,3

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Pathogens 2025, 14(1), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14010096

Submission received: 3 December 2024 / Revised: 15 January 2025 / Accepted: 16 January 2025 / Published: 18 January 2025

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exploring the Biodiversity of Parasites in Humans, Wild and Domestic Animals)

Abstract

The epidemiological situation related to infectious diseases is influenced by many factors. To monitor actual trends in selected zoonoses, a total of 473 serum samples from farmers, forestry workers, and veterinarians were collected for serological examination. Anti-Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) antibodies were tested with ELISA and Western blot (WB) tests; the detection of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies was performed using an enzyme linked fluorescence assay (ELFA). Antibodies to bartonellosis, anaplasmosis, and chlamydiosis were determined by indirect immunofluorescent test (IFA), whereas antibodies to yersiniosis and mycoplasmosis were confirmed in the ELISA test.

Positive or borderline results of antibodies against B. burgdorferi s.l. in the ELISA test were detected in 33.8% of the study population. The borderline or positive ELISA test results for at least one antibody class were confirmed by WB in 58.7% of cases. The IgG antibodies against Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Toxoplasma gondii, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae were detected in 9.6%, 51.7%, and 63.6% of samples, respectively. Antibodies against Yersinia spp., Bartonella henselae, and Chlamydia pneumoniae were found to vary between 43 and 47%.

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Anaplasmosis, Bartonella, Lyme, Mycoplasma, research, Testing, Toxoplasmosis

Lyme, Morgellons, and Patients Still Fighting to Be Heard: Dr. Ginger Savely

https://www.morgellonssurvey.org/ginger-savely-take-charge-of-your-health-lyme-morgellons/

Dr. Ginger Savely Joins Take Charge of Your Health to Discuss Lyme Disease, Morgellons, and the Patients Still Fighting to Be Heard

May 30, 2026 by Jeremy Murphree

Dr. Ginger Savely recently joined Take Charge of Your Health with Corinne and Carol for an important conversation about Lyme disease, chronic illness, and the misunderstood patients who continue searching for answers.

For the Morgellons community, this interview matters.

Dr. Savely has been one of the most visible and consistent clinicians willing to take Morgellons patients seriously. Long before the condition had any meaningful public recognition, she was listening to patients, examining lesions, documenting fibers, publishing clinical observations, and challenging the assumption that every patient reporting fibers, crawling sensations, or non-healing skin lesions must be suffering from a psychiatric disorder.

As a Morgellons patient advocate, I believe this type of public conversation is essential. Patients do not need more ridicule. They need careful evaluation, better science, better diagnostics, and clinicians willing to look before they dismiss.

(See link above for entire article)

Approximately 1 Hour

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Lyme, Morgellons

HHS Secretary on Lyme Disease

HHS Secretary Kennedy on Lyme Disease

May 29, 2026

Kennedy recently spoke in Concord, New Hampshire

HHS Sounds Alarm as Lyme Disease Cases Surge

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**Comment**

Hope stems from the fact HHS announced a new public private collaboration with ILADS – the only physician organization that recognizes Lyme can be a chronic, persistent infection. This group also trains doctors and connects patients with experienced providers.

For more on ILADS: https://www.ilads.org/

We need to be asking doctors to become educated on tickborne illness: https://iladef.org/physician-training-program/

HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos never answered the question in the second video about ticks being dropped all over farms as many on social media are reporting. Crickets……

The newscaster also blamed warmer winters as one reason for tick and disease proliferation – but this has been proven false by independent research: https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2018/11/07/ticks-on-the-move-due-to-migrating-birds-and-photoperiod-not-climate-change/ Scott found warmer winters are lethal to black legged ticks.

Just to be clear, our government has a long sordid history of experimenting on ticks, stuffing them with numerous pathogens, and then dispersing them out of airplanes:

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Activism, Lyme, Ticks

The Lyme Disease File: What Was Left Unanswered

March 25, 2026

In the mid-1970s, a cluster of unexplained illnesses appeared in a small town in Connecticut. It would later be called Lyme disease. But how was the investigation handled? What questions were closed? And what records still remain unseen? This 32-minute investigative documentary examines the early history of Lyme disease, the institutional response, and the broader issue of transparency in public health decision-making.

This is not about assigning blame. This is not about promoting a predetermined theory.

It is about one principle: If federal records exist regarding Lyme’s early history, the public deserves to see them. The MAHA movement has emphasized a simple idea: transparency strengthens trust. That applies here. If you believe transparency matters — watch the full investigation, share it, and use #ReleaseTheLymeFiles

Conspiracies don’t begin with imagination. They begin when transparency ends.

CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

0:00 The weapon that crawled, bit, and disappeared

1:23 Old Lyme, Connecticut — where it started

2:43 One mother’s notes changed everything

4:54 Plum Island — the government lab 8 miles away

7:03 The US military used insects as disease carriers — it’s documented

9:22 The timeline that’s hard to ignore

10:13 Why Borrelia doesn’t behave like a normal infection

13:53 Records sealed, witnesses go silent

17:06 Boxes lost at sea, dead birds, and Lab 257

20:01 What if we’re wrong — challenging the theory

23:29 Patients today — still dismissed, still without answers

25:34 The 2025 federal Lyme roundtable

27:21 Operation Paperclip and Erich Traub

29:07 What we know, what we don’t, and what was never told

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Lyme, research, Ticks, Transmission