April 20, 2018-ArkValley Voice reports on President of COTBDAA, Monica White's appointment to the Federal HHS-TTBDWG Subcommittee for Disease Vectors, Surveillance and Prevention. Read at ArkValley Voice https://arkvalleyvoice.com/white-selected-for-tick-borne-disease-working-group/...
June 2, 2017-Nancy Melear of Fox 31 News Denver Daybreak/Good Morning Colorado interviews Lyme disease expert, Dr. David Martz on Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases and his presentation at the the Lyme & Other Tick-Borne Diseases: 2nd Rocky Mountain Forum, June 3, 2017. https://kdvr.com/2017/06/02/lyme-and-tick-borne-diseases/...
Governor John Hickenlooper grants COTBDAA's request for proclamation...
May 2017-Christmas Mountain, USA in the "Heart of the Rockies" Salida, Colorado lights up above town in support of Governor Hickenlooper's Proclamation for Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month! COTBDAA thanks the City of Salida for this heartfelt display of support!...
May 2017: Contagion®, the nation's leading digital and print publication that provides practitioners and specialists working in the infectious disease field with disease-specific information. In recognition of Lyme disease awareness month, they interviewed Pat Smith, President of Lyme Disease Association, Inc, to better understand current issues surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease. See all 9 segments at: www.contagionlive.com...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]March 2017: Arlene Shovald of The Mountain Mail reported on the Governors proclamation for Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Month for May 2017 and the collaborative efforts of COTBDAA and Chaffee County Public Health to raise awareness. Visit The Mountain Mail here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[caption id="attachment_2196" align="alignleft" width="150"] Link to NPR story,Kayana Szymczak[/caption] Beyond Lyme: New Tick-Borne Diseases on the Rise in the US NPR-March 11, 2017 ...
News post from LDA on December 7, 2016. The US Senate passed the 21st Century Cures bill which included Lyme language. Patients will have a seat at the Tick Borne Diseases Working Group....
[caption id="attachment_2200" align="alignleft" width="150"] Fox 5 News Link Part 2[/caption] Lyme and Reason 2.0:The Voices of Change November 2016...
July 2016: Libby Smith from Denver's CBS 4 news station produced a two part mini-series on Lyme in Colorado, elevating the awareness of Lyme and other TBD's in our state. Our previous working group "Biting Back: Elevating Tick Awareness in Colorado" was highlighted, along with our national partner Pat Smith, President of Lyme Disease Association, Inc., patients Billie Shellist and Christine Renner with the Colorado Lyme and TBD Support Group, and the collaborative research work with COTBDAA (previously "Biting Back") by the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Part 1: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/07/18/patients-lyme-disease-is-in-colorado/ Part 2: https://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/07/19/lyme-patient-champions-tick-tracking-education/...