Center for Lyme Action

Dedicated to growing federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne conditions.

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

TY to all advocates who have made your voices heard! This historic executive order is designed to mobilize the federal government for Lyme and tick-borne disease patients. Another good step! Read more https://t.co/B56XmDjpfk

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

@LymeAlliance Thank you @LymeAlliance for posting about the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act! Crossing fingers for a good and speedy outcome this year.

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

@LymeAlliance The Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act is critical & core legislation for the #Lyme & TBD community. Among other things it directs the executive branch to execute the comprehensive National Strategy. TY to the 10,000 advocates for your tireless work! A few more steps to go!

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

In the U.S. Senate @SenatorCollins and @SenTinaSmith have been champions of #Lyme & tick-borne disease legislation and especially the Kay Hagan Reauthorization Act. TY! This key legislation is driver for the Nat Strategy for Vector Borne disease. More https://t.co/hnS6jzYLZm

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

TY #TBDadvocates! We are excited to announce that the Kay Hagan Tick Act was passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate. Now the bill will go to House / Senate conference and will hopefully be signed into law soon. TY Senator Collins for your leadership!

https://t.co/R24TgWIeLX

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

Ed Breitschwerdt and team conducted postmortem testing of six chronically ill young people who died by suicide or had suicidal ideation and found DNA-confirmed Babesia and Bartonella infections in most. More studies and federal policy needed. https://t.co/dH2Fky9xGW

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

Thank you to all Lyme and Tickborne Disease advocates! The Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization passed the House. Now on to the Senate! Learn more here https://t.co/YBxmTsqnFG

@BayAreaLyme @BayAreaLyme @ProjectLyme @TexasLyme @coloradoticks @Lymenews @krisnewby @khoney @Lyme_X

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

The House passed the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act thanks to U.S. Rep Chris Smith. Hats off to @RepMGriffith for his leadership in the E&C Health Subcommittee. Read more about his Alpha-gal story here. https://t.co/ZfrdIxSu3a

@BayAreaLyme @ProjectLyme @LymeBiobank

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

It passed! Thank you U.S. Representative Chris Smith! And to U.S. Representative @RepPaulTonko for also speaking on behalf of the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act.

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

The Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act is up for a vote today in the House (Now!) https://t.co/KCQbxZybzt

@BayAreaLyme @ProjectLyme @LymeAlliance @LymeBiobank @TexasLyme @coloradoticks @LymeLightFNDN @liv_lyme @Lyme_X @Lymenews

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

CALLING ALL LYME AND TBD ADVOCATES! Please take 5 minutes and send an email to your U.S. Representative and ask them to vote "Yes" for the Kay Hagan Tick Act Reauthorization. This core legislation supports the national strategy to fight TBD. Click here https://t.co/9nhSKaqfSn

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

Today @SecKennedy announced @Lymedisease initiatives including recommending support for the Kay Hagan Tick Reauthorization Act! Hear the complete announcement here https://t.co/ntg4mPxMkJ @BayAreaLyme @LymeBiobank @LymeAlliance @TexasLyme @ProjectLyme @coloradoticks

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

ONLY FIVE MINUTES. Please take 5 minutes to ask your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor H. Res 1279 to support May as National Lyme & Tick-borne Disease Awareness month. And the swift passage of the Kay Hagan Tick Act Reauthorization. Take the next step https://t.co/JpLqLYfRCO

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

ER visits are already higher than last year for tick bites, so in honor #LymeDisease awareness month, the @CDCgov is running a No Time for Lyme campaign to promote tick checking. @BayAreaLyme @ProjectLyme @LymeBiobank @TexasLyme @coloradoticks

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

Join ILADS and CLA for the State of #Lyme Disease Research, a webinar on important published innovations about #Lymedisease. Register at https://t.co/nmrKoxiueY @Lymenews @ProjectLyme @BayAreaLyme @TexasLyme @coloradoticks @LymeLightFNDN @LymeAlliance @khoney @RealMalachowski

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

"Currently there is no medical consensus of the cause, diagnosis, and treatment #Lyme disease." TY Dr. Holly Ahern for representing the #Lyme community today & encouraging legislators to pass the Kay Hagan Tick Act. https://t.co/vUNKV3T4yJ
@BayAreaLyme @LymeBiobank @ProjectLyme

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

Thank you to Holly Ahern, MS, MT(ASCP), Associate Professor of Microbiology, State
University of New York Adirondack, who will be speaking on behalf of the #Lyme and tick-borne disease community to encourage the Health Subcommittee to reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act.

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

The Kay Hagan Tick Act Reauthorization will be discussed in today's meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee. Watch here now https://t.co/tyfDJmDbyv

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

@ProjectLyme Thank you @ProjectLyme for your active support! This kind of advocacy works as we have added more to than a HALF A BILLION DOLLARS in incremental funding for #Lyme and TBD since we started this effort in 2019. TY for all you are doing @lymenews

[Center for Lyme Action @lyme_action]

TY to all the 500+ advocates who spoke with Members of Congress Senators Senators yesterday requesting increased federal funding for #Lyme at Tick-borne disease! +$613M cumulative impact to date #LymeisaTeamSport

@Lymenews @BayAreaLyme @ProjectLyme @coloradoticks @TexasLyme