... leading authority on the illness. Masters, a Missouri physician, is widely published and the recipient of the Lyme Disease Foundation's award for "Outstanding Contributions to Scientific Knowledge of Tick-Borne Infections." He has been the ...

... from the antibiotics and 20 percent sought additional treatment. David Weld, executive director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation in Somers, N.Y., said increased education about the disease would lessen public fear. ''One of our major ...

... vaccine is safe and effective enough to sell. ''We're very excited about it,'' said Tom Forschner of the Lyme Disease Foundation. Lyme disease struck about 16,000 people in 1996, the latest data available. Typically, it causes a telltale ...