S.L.A.M. Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts

08/29/2026

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08/20/2026

08/20/2026

💚 The Lyme community is coming together in NYC for a very special night.

On September 14, Project Lyme will celebrate 10 years of hope, progress, research, advocacy, and impact at its 10th Anniversary Gala at Gotham Hall in Manhattan.

Tick Boot Camp is proud to support our friends at Project Lyme, and we’re especially excited that three people being featured that evening have also been guests on the Tick Boot Camp Podcast.

🩺 Dr. Tania Dempsey, a former Tick Boot Camp Podcast guest, will be a featured physician speaker, bringing her expertise in Lyme and tick-borne diseases, MCAS, and complex chronic illness.

🔬 Dr. Michal Tal, who joined us on the podcast to discuss her Lyme research, will be the guest research speaker, highlighting the groundbreaking MIT MAESTRO Study and its search for objective biological markers of Lyme disease and other infection-associated chronic illnesses.

💚 Phyllis Bedford, another former Tick Boot Camp Podcast guest, and her husband Scott Bedford will be honored for their incredible work through the LymeLight Foundation, which has provided more than $12 million in grants to help children and young adults access Lyme treatment.

💚 Jessica Berman, Chief Brand Officer and co-owner of BodyBio, will also be honored for turning her own journey with longstanding Lyme disease into a message of resilience, healing, and hope.

🎙️ The evening will be hosted by Krista Williams, co-host of the Almost 30 podcast.

Ten years is an incredible milestone, and there is still so much work ahead. We’re looking forward to celebrating Project Lyme, our friends throughout the Lyme community, and the research, advocacy, education, and patient support still to come. 💚

📅 September 14, 2026
⏰ 6:30 PM
📍 Gotham Hall, New York City

🎟️ Tickets & tables:
ProjectLyme.org

08/17/2026

A mother's journey to diagnose and treat her daughter's Lyme disease looks at failings in the medical system, and the importance of Lyme disease awareness and appropriate care.

08/09/2026

GLA Ambassadors and Next Gen members joined patients, clinicians, researchers, advocates, community leaders, and elected officials at Congressman Josh Gottheimer's Lyme Disease Roundtable in New Jersey last week—a discussion that also covered related tick-borne illnesses like anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and alpha-gal syndrome.

Participants raised urgent concerns facing patients and families, including the difficulty of receiving an accurate diagnosis, the prevalence of false-negative test results, gaps in physician education, the need for greater public awareness, and the long-term physical, cognitive, and mental health impacts on children whose Lyme disease goes undiagnosed for too long.

Congressman Gottheimer also outlined federal priorities aimed at addressing these challenges, including advancing the Kay Hagan Tick Act, securing continued funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease research and prevention, and moving forward additional legislation focused on tick identification, research funding, and a national vector-borne disease prevention and alert system.

Behind every policy and statistic is a patient fighting for their life back. Real change starts by putting their voices first.

Read the full remarks at the link below. 🔗
https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-hosts-lyme-disease-roundtable

📸 Photo courtesy of the Office of Congressman Josh Gottheimer.