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Ann-Ohio
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This article was in today's New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/well/live/tick-bites-diseases-symptoms.html

[About Testing - with good words for IGENEX tests}

"For instance, while Lyme vaccines are available for dogs, they aren’t for people.

And some illnesses are hard to detect early, said Dr. Christopher Bazzoli, an emergency physician at the Cleveland Clinic with expertise in wilderness medicine.

But there are potential developments on the horizon.

Pfizer recently announced that its experimental Lyme vaccine appeared to significantly reduce infections, with caveats:

It required four doses, and there was considerable uncertainty about exactly how much it lowered risk.

Even so, several experts interviewed for this article said they would support people in high-risk regions getting the vaccine if the Food and Drug Administration approved it.

Researchers and start-ups are also working on better diagnostic tools.

Dr. Bazzoli and Dr. Goodman said they were optimistic about a pair of Lyme tests from a company called IGeneX that received F.D.A. approval in 2024 and 2025.

Together, they can detect two kinds of antibodies — both the immune system’s earliest responders and ones that appear later

. Other companies are testing potentially promising options that, if validated in trials, could become available within the next year or two.

“Testing is moving in the right direction,” Dr. Bazzoli said. “But we’re still waiting for that silver bullet.”

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Thank you, Ann.

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