Great op-ed from Charles Piller, but it’s not just viruses implicated in #Alzheimers - chlamydia, porphymonas, borrelia, also parasites, fungi. See Nikki Schultek and AlzPI work

Mold literally shuts down hospitals. Having found black mold in my SF apartment (landlord just shrugged her shoulders, I promptly moved out) this is really no joke but sadly common, especially in NorCal.

New article from ArtRT and team using Raman spectroscopy to distinguish early #Lyme disease from controls. Project used biobank samples and was funded by Bay Area Lyme Foundation. #diagnostics 1/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jb…

They buried the lede. «….associated with Lyme disease» it should say. Wonder how quickly he was treated with abx - hopefully they treated w/o requiring positive test first.

From Bay Area Lyme Foundation SAB member Charles Chiu et al: Lone star virus associated encephalitis…in Idaho. No travel history mentioned. #Tick borne disease direct detection important! wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31…

Me reading Michal Tal, PhD paper on gyno-#lyme

🎉 Our latest Ticktective is live & it’s a stunner! Top alpha-gal (tick-induced meat allergy) expert Dr. Scott Commins gives Dana Parish the skinny on this terrifying syndrome. Please share— education of both doctors & patients is critical & could be life-saving!

Important work by Michal Tal, PhD showing #Lyme bacteria in mouse reproductive organs. We are studying human tissue collected from surgeries. For more information about donating NDRI ndriresource.org/lyme-disease

Few add’l thoughts: 1) this work would *never* have been funded by an NIAID study section. It was only possible with patient/private funding. 2) The construct of one, and only one, infection site (#lyme carditis, arthritis, LNB) per patient is nonsensical and should be discarded.

More articles & posts about my military career are being 404'd (#PageNotFound); so I'm sharing this from 2012 when I was Commander of the 333rd Fighter Squadron (F-15E): tinyurl.com/m3rmwut6. The USAF hasn't removed it yet, but it's probably only a matter of time. 🧵Read on...

Huge win for the US people regarding FDA A Federal Court just massively “struck down” an U.S. FDA attempted power grab to oversee Lab Developed Tests and thus try to oversee the individual actions of laboratory physicians. The LDT Final Rule - (**a massive attempt at a power

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds fibrinogen, causing thrombo-inflammation, according to a recent study. The virus must bind to fibrinogen, but why? Could this relationship help the virus evolve? Could this cause post-COVID heart attacks? 1/

Delighted to be speaking about MyLymeData on Day 1 of the Healing Lyme Summit 2.0! The summit is April 15 - 21st. Registration is 100% FREE. drtalks.com/summit/lyme-su… LymeDisease.org Wendy Adams Lyme Disease Biobank Kristen Honey 🐝

Please join me in signing the petition below. The CDMRP program is vital to Tick Borne Illness research.

Some news: this was my last week at Bay Area Lyme Foundation as Research Grant Director. Building BAL and serving patients has been a profound personal and professional honor. I will be working with a private foundation but will stay involved with the community, BAL and Lyme Disease Biobank!

This is an incredible compilation of data about the state of American health in STAT. #MAHA does have its work cut out for it. Kudos for putting it together Isa Cueto