Tick Bombs and an Invasive Tick: What Tick Boot Camp and Researchers Found While Dragging for Ticks on Long Island
Tick Boot Camp Brings Researchers and Filmmakers Together on Long Island A day of tick dragging across northern Suffolk County revealed how quickly people and animals can encounter ticks in ordinary Long Island environments. The team found hundreds of nearly invisible larvae, multiple clusters commonly called “tick bombs,” blacklegged ticks, lone star ticks, and an […]
Art as Witness: LymeLnk Uses Art, Film, Journalism, and Medicine to Make Lyme Disease Visible in Brooklyn
A Disease That Has Been Invisible for Too Long Finally Got a Room of Its Own On June 23, 2026, patients, advocates, clinicians, journalists, filmmakers, artists, and community members gathered in Brooklyn, New York, for one of the most unique Lyme disease awareness events in recent memory. Hosted by LymeLnk founder Eva Scarano, Art as […]
Amy Kurtz Launches But You Look Fine in New York City: A Powerful New Book on Lyme Disease Recovery, Chronic Illness, and Medical Trauma Brain
On June 10, 2026, Tick Boot Camp Co-Founders Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen attended the launch celebration for Amy Kurtz’s highly anticipated new book, But You Look Fine: Trapped in the Hell Between Sick and Well and How to Break Free, at Barnes & Noble on New York City’s Upper West Side. The event brought […]
Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala Brings Together Lyme Disease Researchers, Artists, Advocates, and Patients
Tick Boot Camp was proud to partner with Lyme Warrior for the Lyme Warrior 10th Anniversary Gala on May 9, 2026, at Saybrook Point Resort & Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut — a waterfront evening that brought together Lyme patients, advocates, researchers, clinicians, authors, families, and friends for a night of laughter, science, music, and […]
Stories That Heal: A Landmark Lyme Disease Event Bringing Hope for Chronic Lyme and Tick-Borne Illness
Lyme Disease Leaders Unite at Project Lyme’s Stories That Heal Event On April 16, 2026, something truly special happened in New York City. At Project Lyme’s inaugural “Stories That Heal: Author Series,” leaders, patients, caregivers, researchers, and advocates from across the Lyme and tick-borne disease community came together—not just to share stories, but to change […]
Lyme Disease Community Shows Strength at Resilient Hope Book Launch in Manhattan
The Lyme disease community showed up in a big way. Tick Boot Camp recently attended the book launch of Resilient Hope: A Memoir of Life With Chronic Illness by Nicole O’Donnell in Manhattan, where approximately 1,000 people filled the venue in support of a message that resonates deeply within the Lyme community: you are not […]
Celebrities With Lyme Disease: 11 Public Figures Who’ve Shared Their Stories
Lyme Disease Isn’t “Just a Tick Bite” Lyme disease can start subtly—sometimes with flu-like symptoms and a rash, sometimes with no obvious early warning at all. Caused by Borrelia bacteria transmitted by infected blacklegged ticks, common early symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, muscle or joint aches, swollen lymph nodes, and the hallmark erythema migrans (EM) […]
How Lyme Disease Bacteria Breach the Body’s Defenses: New Imaging Reveals the First Moments After a Tick Bite
A groundbreaking study shows how Borrelia burgdorferi slips through the skin’s tiny vessels to spread Lyme disease. A new study published in Nature Communications (October 2025) has revealed, for the first time in microscopic detail, exactly how Borrelia burgdorferi—the bacteria that causes Lyme disease—enters the body and begins its systemic spread, providing vital insights for […]
New Research Confirms: Mosquitoes Can’t Transmit Lyme Disease
For years, people have wondered: Can mosquitoes spread Lyme disease? Many patients who don’t remember a tick bite have questioned whether a mosquito might be to blame. Now, groundbreaking new research has delivered a clear, science-backed answer — mosquitoes cannot transmit Lyme disease. 🧬 The Study That Settles the Debate A major international study published […]
Tick Boot Camp Models at New York Fashion Week’s Project Lab Coat: A Historic Honor for Lyme Disease Awareness, Research, and Funding
On September 13, 2025, history was made at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) when Lyme disease took the spotlight during Project Lab Coat, a groundbreaking runway event uniting science, medicine, celebrity, and advocacy. Tick Boot Camp co-founders Matt Sabatello and Rich Johannesen were honored to attend as models, walking the runway to raise awareness for […]