Lyme Disease

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today voted in support of the 21st Century Cures Act. The legislation dedicates $1 billion over two years to help states battle opioid addiction and $4.8 billion over 10 years for medical research initiatives. It also streamlines the FDA approval process, makes key mental health reforms, and contains tick-borne disease provisions Pingree advocated… Read more »

Pingree picks ticks off a survey flag with Maine Medical Center Research Institute researcher Chuck Lubelczyk Today Congresswoman Chellie Pingree participated in a tick field survey at Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth with researchers from the Maine Medical Center Research Institute Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory.  The visit was part of her ongoing efforts to… Read more »

Bill accelerates new treatments for diseases and brings further attention to tick-borne illnesses Read more »

Pingree says disease is growing rapidly in Maine and feds should put more resources into diagnosis, prevention Read more »

I’ve been using my position on the Appropriations Committee to raise awareness about the impact that Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are having in the First District, and the urgency of devoting more resources to research and prevention efforts. Read more »

Says more federal funding needed to confront growing problem in Maine and around the country Chellie talking with Dr. Peter Rand and Susan Elias of Maine Medical Center Research Institute's Vector-borne Disease Laboratory. Rand is showing Pingree a "tick flag" that is dragged across grass and vegetation to collect ticks for research. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree met with… Read more »