Monthly Awareness Meeting, 7/28 @ 6 PM: Prevention

The Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires will be hosting our monthly tick-borne disease awareness meeting on Thursday, July 28th, 2016 starting at 6 PM at the Berkshire Athenaeum at 1 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield, MA. The meeting will take place in the ground floor auditorium. Our topic this month will be prevention. The meeting will begin with a powerpoint presentation discussing the basics of Lyme disease and it's related infections, prevention and will also cover the reasons why prevention is so important and what needs to be done to improve the current situation surrounding tick-borne diseases in MA. Following the presentation, the meeting will transition to open discussion. Attendees are encouraged to bring a list of questions. It is not necessary for you to be ill with a tick-borne infection to benefit. Anyone can get Lyme disease and its related infections, no one is without risk. The event is free to the public!

The Many Mistakes of Reporting on Lyme

David Michael Conner of the Huffington Post makes an excellent argument for the integrity of journalists and how they have gone about reporting on the Lyme disease epidemic. His website, And the Band Plays On, provides an excellent resource for journalists to learn about how they should best approach the subject, avoiding the pitfalls so many have fell into before them.

And the Band Played On:

Lyme Basics for Journalists

Lyme Questions for Journalists

Recent Articles by David Michael Conner:

And the Band Plays On: A New Plague, Met with Silence, Denial

Lyme Wars: Journalists Are Failing the Public

Chronically Aware Weekly Newsfeed, 6/1-6/7

Lyme disease awareness is spreading like wildfire nowadays and new articles are being published daily. Every week the Lyme Alliance of the Berkshires will compile the best and brightest of those for you to check out.

Protest for Better Treatment

New York Legislators Pass Bill Aimed at Protecting Children from Lyme

Is Lyme the New AIDS?

And the Band Plays On: A New Plague Met with Silence, Denial

Lyme Disease May Be Taught in School

A Six-Minute Plan to Rid Clothes of Ticks

Country Music Legend Kris Kristofferson Diagnosed with Chronic Lyme

Lyme Discovery: Borrelia Bacteria Hides Inside
Parasitic Worms and Causes Chronic Brain Diseases

Worcester Conference: How to Stay Health 
in a World Full of Disease-Bearing Ticks

Patient Representation on the Revised IDSA 
Lyme Guideline Panel: Is it Real or Token?

Stay tuned for more news!!