Skip to content
ILADS > ILADS in the News
Image shows a promotional graphic for a podcast episode titled "Lyme Mexico - An interview with Dr. Omar Morales." The graphic features Dr. Omar Morales in a white medical coat, seated and speaking. The text also highlights it is Tick Boot Camp Episode 405. The background is a gradient of blue.

“Welcome to this episode where we delve into the world of Lyme disease with our esteemed guest, Dr. Omar Morales, founder of the Lyme Mexico Clinic, renowned researcher, and dedicated member of the Board of Directors of ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society). Join us as Dr. Morales shares his journey from construction to…

Read More
Headshot of Dr. Eboni Cornish, MD, displayed on the left, with text on the right stating "Dr. Eboni Cornish, MD," "Better Health Guy | Episode #197," and "Toxoplasmosis." The background is a gradient of dark grey to white.

“My guest for this episode is Dr. Eboni Cornish. Eboni Cornish, MD, a highly regarded physician, provides integrative medicine services to a diverse global patient community. Currently serving as the Functional Medicine Director of the Amen Clinic East Coast Division, she specializes in autoimmune diseases, Lyme disease, environmental toxicity, gut imbalances, neurology and various other…

Read More
Close-up of a cotton swab with a tick on its tip. The background is an outdoor wooden surface. Below the swab, text reads: "AT-HOME LYME DISEASE TEST KITS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" on a blue rectangular banner.

“Each year, approximately 35,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported in the U.S. However, owing to the difficulty of diagnosing Lyme disease as well as a climate change-related spike in the survival rates of Lyme-transmitting creatures, recent estimates suggest the actual number is as high as 476,000 new U.S. cases annually, according to the Centers…

Read More

ILADS is saddened to report the passing of pediatric Lyme specialist and long-time ILADS member, Dr. Charles Ray Jones. Dr. Jones was a legend in the Lyme community for his dedication to treating children with Lyme and tick-borne diseases. He endured harassment from the medical establishment and cared for chronically ill children at a time…

Read More
Phylogenetic tree depicting relationships among various Borrelia species. Branches are divided into groups: Lyme disease in one cluster and Relapsing Fever in another. Bootstrap values are indicated on multiple nodes. E. coli Lambda phage is shown as an outgroup.

The successful treatment of Lyme disease (LD) is contingent on accurate diagnosis. However, current laboratory detection assays lack sensitivity in the early stages of the disease. Because delayed diagnosis of LD incurs high healthcare costs and great suffering, new highly sensitive tests are in need. To overcome these challenges, we developed an internally controlled quantitative…

Read More

A forthcoming special issue of  Tropical Medicine & Infectious Diseases will be co-edited by ILADS member Dr. Kenneth B. Liegner.  The special issue will be titled “Tick-Borne Diseases and the Spirochetoses in the Tropical Zone“.  Manuscript submission information for the special issue can be found here. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 25 October 2021.…

Read More

ILADS member Richard Horowitz published a new article titled Efficacy of Double-Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease/Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS) and Associated Co-infections: A Report of Three Cases and Retrospective Chart Review in the journal Antibiotics. ABSTRACT: Three patients with multi-year histories of relapsing and remitting Lyme disease and associated…

Read More

The ILADS Clinical Guidelines Committee submitted this response to the British Medical Journal on behalf of ILADS:Dear Editor, As authors of the International Lyme and Associated Disease (ILADS) guidelines, which address the usefulness of antibiotic prophylaxis for known tick bites, the effectiveness of erythema migrans (EM) treatment and the role of antibiotic retreatment in patients…

Read More