Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association

Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association As the number of ticks increase in prevalence and expand in range, the risk of contracting Lyme and other tick-borne diseases grows.

COTBDAA is a 501(c)3 non-profit with a mission to promote education, prevention, research, and advocacy, including patient support, for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases/conditions in Colorado. Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association (COTBDAA) established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in August of 2016 to ELEVATE awareness of Lyme & other tick-bone diseases/conditions in Colorado.

Our mission is to promote awareness through education, prevention, research and advocacy. We have spent the past 5 years elevating awareness of Lyme & other tick-borne diseases/condition in Colorado and and beyond. We are part of the LDANet, an affiliate with Lyme Disease Association, Inc., a National level non-profit organization. Please consider making a fully tax-deductible donation to COTBDAA to support our mission of education, prevention, research and advocacy this year and future years. Thank you for helping us keep the momentum of awareness going!

06/17/2026

In Episode 2 of Questions People Ask, Dr. Scott Commins takes a dee...

06/17/2026

Martha's Vineyard recipe guide: mvmagazine.com/news/2025/08/26/cook-vineyards-alpha-gal-recipe-and-resource-guide

Resources for more info: CDC Website, Two Alpha Gals, Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association

06/17/2026
06/16/2026

This is a webinar you won't want to miss! Dr Dale Bredesen and I will have a rousing conversation on June 18th at 2:30 PST, 5:30 pm EST on Alzheimer's disease, Ending Chronic Illness, and my recent case study reversing Alzheimer's biomarkers for the first time (it actually just happened again yesterday in a patient with CLD/PTLDS!). This webinar will address some of the most important advances in the field, with updates on what I am finding in my chronic Lyme population. Please sign up now to reserve your spot!
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Yay Broomfield! Part of the inaugural statewide active tick surveillance program headed by Colorado Department of Public...
06/16/2026

Yay Broomfield! Part of the inaugural statewide active tick surveillance program headed by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment! City and County of Broomfield - GovernmentBroomfield Public Health

Elevating awareness! Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment - Colorado
06/15/2026

Elevating awareness! Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment - Colorado

Ticks are tinyβ€”but the diseases they carry aren’t.

πŸ•·οΈAfter hiking or gardening, always:
βœ…Check yourself, kids, and pets
βœ…Shower within 2 hours
βœ…Wash and dry clothes on high heat

Stay tick-aware and this season!

06/15/2026

Rethink Mental Health
It’s time to ask harder questions.

πŸ’‘ What if some β€œmental health” symptoms are actually medical?
πŸ’‘ What if behavior changes are coming from the brain being under attack?
πŸ’‘ What if we’re missing something treatable?

Too many children are being diagnosed based on symptoms aloneβ€”
without fully considering what might be driving them.

PANS/PANDAS is one example.

A sudden onset of OCD, anxiety, restrictive eating, tics, or mood changes can be the result of a misdirected immune responseβ€”often triggered by infection or other underlying medical issues. It can look psychiatric. But it’s not just psychiatric.

And when it’s missed, children lose time they can’t get back.

According to national data from the CDC, NIMH, and NAMI:
β€’ 1 in 6 children has a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder
β€’ 1 in 5 teens will experience a serious mental illness
β€’ 50% of lifetime mental illness begins by age 14

These numbers are real.

But so is this question:

How many of these children have an underlying medical condition that hasn’t been recognized?

PANS/PANDAS is a clinical diagnosisβ€”based on patterns, history, and physical symptoms. Not just behavior. Not just checklists.

If we don’t look deeper, we miss the underlying cause.
And that delays the care that can actually help.

Learn more: www.aspire.care

06/15/2026

πŸ“’β—πŸš¨πˆπ‚π˜πŒπˆ: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) very recently announced new efforts to address Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses in the US! This is ππˆπ† 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒!!

🟒During his press conference at the end of May, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy shared that federal efforts will accelerate research, expand innovation, and improve care for patients and their families. With 𝐦𝐒π₯π₯𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩π₯𝐞 πœπ¨π¦π›πšπ­π’π§π  π­π’πœπ€π›π¨π«π§πž 𝐝𝐒𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬, he said the goal is "delivering the urgency and action Americans deserve.”

πŸ‘‰π‘πžπšπ 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 about the initiatives the HHS plans to take to πŸ₯ŠπŸ•·οΈfight tickborne illness: https://tinyurl.com/38mwhh7z.

06/14/2026

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9996 W. Highway 50, PMB 1115
Salida, CO
81201

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