Center for Lyme Action

10/29/2025

🧠 Big News! Center for Lyme Action (CLA) and NAPPA - National Alliance for PANS / Pandas Action are joining forces to advance the Infection Associated Neuropsychiatric Conditions Initiative — a national effort to secure federal recognition, research funding, and better care for those affected by infection-triggered brain and mental health conditions.

💬 “This initiative will unite researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to confront how infections can trigger profound neurological and psychiatric symptoms — and to ensure that patients are seen, treated, and believed across disciplines.

Because too many people are suffering in silence — caught between infectious disease and mental health systems that don’t yet speak the same language.

We can — and we must — change that.”
— Meghan Bradshaw, Government Relations Manager, Center for Lyme Action

This collaboration builds on CLA’s $500M+ in federal funding impact and our strong national advocacy networks — combining strengths to drive bold, lasting progress.

👉 Join us to accelerate recognition, research, and recovery for millions living with infection associated neuropsychiatric conditions: https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=C7M3mHq3xa6cgyVjW2d8M

10/18/2025

Meghan Bradshaw gave the following speech at a recent fundraising dinner held by the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Educational Foundation.

09/25/2025

Advocates are lobbying Congress to renew the Kay Hagan Tick Act to help combat increasing Lyme disease cases.

09/04/2025

🚨 5 Bills. 1 Mission. Protect Families from Tick-Borne Diseases. 🦠

Right now, Congress is considering five bipartisan bills that would strengthen research, prevention, and treatment for Lyme, Alpha-gal, and other tick-borne diseases:

📜 H.R. 4348 – Reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act
📬 H.R. 4981 – STAMP Out Lyme Disease Act
🔍 H.R. 4979 – Tick Identification Pilot Program
📱 H.R. 4980 – BITE Act (national tick-borne disease response system)
🥩 H.R. 1178 – Alpha-Gal Allergen Inclusion Act

✅ We’re calling on the 119th Congress to cosponsor these bills and join the Bipartisan Tick-Borne Disease Caucus.

Together, these measures represent a historic opportunity to protect millions of Americans from the silent invasion of tick-borne diseases.

To send a letter or schedule a meeting to discuss these bills with your representative, visit linktr.ee/centerforlymeaction today.

08/20/2025

Campaign has been extended to 9/1! Spread the word!

📝 TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to Reauthorize the Tick Act
Tick-borne diseases like Lyme are no longer just a local concern—they are a national crisis.

📈 In 2003, Lyme disease affected around 30,000 Americans. Today, the CDC estimates 476,000 new cases each year—a 1,487% increase. These illnesses are spreading across the country, and public health systems are struggling to keep up.

The Tick Act must be reauthorized to:
✅ Direct HHS to implement and update the National Strategy to improve coordination, expand research, and enhance diagnostic tools.
✅ Support state health departments with grants to strengthen prevention and response
✅Reauthorize and fund the Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease

🛑 We can’t afford to wait. This bipartisan bill is backed by leading experts and organizations, including the Center for Lyme Action, Entomological Society of America and many more.

📣 Tell your Members of Congress: It’s time to reauthorize the Tick Act and protect Americans from the rising threat of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

👉 Visit centerforlymeaction.org to learn more and support these efforts

Send a letter here: https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=b2yEE5gBbXOkFIaXTYol&lang=en

08/20/2025

Want to see this PSA on major news networks? Consider becoming a Center for Lyme Action member at just $30 to support this critical campaign! Launching 9/1 in Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Visit centerforlymeaction.org/memberships to learn more.

08/20/2025

Explore county-level surveillance data to see where the lone star tick is found in the U.S.

08/01/2025

We are extending the deadline! Help us reach 10K letters by 8/9! Over 6000 letters have been sent thus far! Keep sharing! 💚🍋‍🟩🇺🇸

📝 TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to Reauthorize the Tick Act
Tick-borne diseases like Lyme are no longer just a local concern—they are a national crisis.

📈 In 2003, Lyme disease affected around 30,000 Americans. Today, the CDC estimates 476,000 new cases each year—a 1,487% increase. These illnesses are spreading across the country, and public health systems are struggling to keep up.

The Tick Act must be reauthorized to:
✅ Direct HHS to implement and update the National Strategy to improve coordination, expand research, and enhance diagnostic tools.
✅ Support state health departments with grants to strengthen prevention and response
✅Reauthorize and fund the Regional Centers of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease

🛑 We can’t afford to wait. This bipartisan bill is backed by leading experts and organizations, including the Center for Lyme Action, Entomological Society of America and many more.

📣 Tell your Members of Congress: It’s time to reauthorize the Tick Act and protect Americans from the rising threat of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

👉 Visit centerforlymeaction.org to learn more and support these efforts

Send a letter here: https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=b2yEE5gBbXOkFIaXTYol&lang=en

07/30/2025

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions held an Executive Session Hearing on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 10 AM ET. The Kay Hagan Tick Act Reauthorization (S.2398) was included in the meeting and we are thrilled to share that it passed through the committee with unanimous support (23-0)! Next stop– Senate floor vote.

Center for Lyme Action submitted a letter on behalf of the community to U.S. Senator Susan Collins in support of this legislation. Government Relations Manager, Meghan C. Bradshaw, was in attendance for the hearing.

Stay tuned for more details and future calls to action. In the meantime, please continue to share our letter campaign. To view into the session video, please visit help.senate.gov/hearings.

07/27/2025

📣 Join us Monday, July 28 at 6PM ET for Center for Lyme Action’s Virtual Advocate Town Hall!

✅ Federal policy updates on Lyme & tick-borne diseases
✅ Where we are in the appropriations process
✅ What’s ahead for the rest of 2025

This event will be recorded.

Invite others in the Lyme, Alpha-gal & tick-borne disease community—because we’re stronger together. 💚

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-gyrvLcARhmTgWIdL9IsTw?mc_cid=e0c02f8c2d&mc_eid=UNIQID #/registration

07/26/2025

We are so grateful for Rep Josh Gottheimer and his leadership on this issue. He is introducing 3 bipartisan bills to address this wicked public health problem head on.
Stay tuned for more information and calls to action.

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