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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
The Lyme Disease Society is a volunteer group dedicated to advocacy on Lyme disease (and other tick-borne diseases) education, prevention, research and patient issues.
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Federal
Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Legislation
The Lyme Disease Society is pleased to support S 1708 (in the US Senate), the
Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act of 2007.
This legislation was first introduced in the earlier 109th Congress (S 1479),
and the Lyme Disease Society had input into the bill at that time.
S 1708 has a number of important provisions. The bill establishes a Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee in the Office of Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate and advance federal Lyme disease programs. The Committee includes public voting representation from patients, physicians, non-profits, and scientists. S 1708 also provides $100,000,000 over five years in additional funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease education, prevention, and research.
To contact the US Senators from your state about this legislation, use the below link. Please consider including specific reference to support of the Advisory Committee in S 1708 when contacting your Senators.
Link to the
official Senate website -
List of Senators by State (outside site)
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC
Lyme Disease Case Statistics
Link to the Latest CDC Statistics on Lyme disease cases (outside site)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_statistics.htm
Tick Removal
Link to the CDC's tick removal guide (outside site)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_tickremoval.htm
Tick Information
Link to the CDC's tick information card (outside site)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/resources/tick_infocard.pdf
Note: The above Statistics, Tick
Removal and Tick Information links are to external sites. The information
and content
at the linked addresses is outside the control of this site and the Lyme Disease Society.
The Bucks County, PA Lyme Disease Support Group meets monthly in the Philadelphia suburbs
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