Philanthropists and Scientists Collaborate to Increase the Pace of Lyme Disease Research, Raising $815,000 at LymeAid 2016

By Sharbari Kamat

This weekend, Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading nonprofit funder and advocate of innovative Lyme disease research in the US, hosted a 2-day event aimed at helping make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple to cure.  Scientists and clinicians, who met to strategize concepts and collaborations on Saturday, were joined by more than 300 philanthropists, celebrities, patients and others in the medical field for the fourth annual LymeAid® on Sunday.  … Honorary Chairs included Jane and Bert Inch; Alexandra and Steven Cohen; Gary Morgenthaler; Sandy and Jim Katzman; Phyllis and Scott Bedford; and Elet Hall, a 2014 American Ninja Warrior finalist and a Lyme disease sufferer.