Legislative
Call to protect a physician's freedom to practice medicine
ILADS supports the following Connecticut's bill to protect a physician's right to practice medicine, "That the general statutes be amended to provide that: (1) A physician may prescribe, administer or dispense antibiotic therapy for therapeutic purpose to a person diagnosed with and having symptoms of Lyme disease if a diagnosis and treatment plan has been documented in the physician's medical record for that patient; and (2) no physician may be subject to disciplinary action solely for prescribing, administering or dispensing long-term antibiotic therapy for a therapeutic purpose for a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease, if a diagnosis and treatment plan has been documented in the physician's medical record for that patient."
C-Span Coverage of House floor debate
Debate on the plight of Lyme patients, chronic Lyme disease, and the failure of Mr. Pallone’s health sub committee to bring up the Lyme bill, HR 741 (Smith NJ). ...
ABC 7 coverage Congressional Coverage
It's been more than 15 years since Congress last took a look at Lyme Disease. Right now, there's a bill working its way through Congress calling for an additional 20 million in federal funds for Lyme Disease research. So far the bill has been held up in committee. [quote ABC 7 coverage]...
National Capitol Lyme & Tick Borne Diseases Association's Congressional Briefing
Todd Mokhtari from Fox in Seattle covered the planned viewing of clips from the movie Under Our Skin at the National Capitol Lyme & Tick Borne Diseases Association's Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill...
Pennsylvania Testimony by Dr. Cameron
Good morning chairman and members of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives Health and Human Services Committee. My name is Daniel Cameron. I have been trained at the University of Minnesota, Beth Israel Medical Center and Mt. Sinai in medicine and epidemiology....
ILADS supports Congressional Lyme bills
The Honorable Frank Pallone (NJ-6) Chairman, House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee 237 Cannon Building Washington, DC 20515 ...