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Chronic featured in NY Times
The NY Times discusses Dr. Phillips’s new book about chronic illness Long-Haul Covid and the Chronic Illness Debate: What persistent Covid cases might have in common with chronic fatigue syndrome and Lyme disease, and why it matters. By Ross Douthat As it happens, the minority view — that chronic Lyme is actually a chronic infection, …
The NY Post names Chronic as one of “The best new books to read”
Steven Phillips and Dana Parish (nonfiction, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)Dr. Phillips was a renowned physician when he himself became a patient — with a mystery illness that no one seemed able to diagnose. The same happened to Dana Parish. “Chronic” is a look at the pandemic of chronic conditions caused by common infections. A fascinating look …
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Dr. Phillips & Dana Parish: keynote speakers at LymeMind
On October 10, 2020, Dr. Phillips and Dana Parish led a discussion about the topics in their upcoming book, “Chronic: The Hidden Cause of Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again” at the 5th Annual LymeMIND Virtual Conference. Check out the full event schedule at lymemind.org/agenda The LymeMIND team, based at the Icahn School …
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Dr. Phillips’ piece on the truth about chronic Lyme is now up on NBC News.
Lyme disease patients fight for their lives while academics fight each other. That’s just wrong. The number of people who get Lyme disease compared to how little research on it is ever funded is staggering. Scientific bias is hurting people. For patients, there is often nothing more soul-crushing than being inexplicably sick with doctor after …
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Dr. Phillips’ article is published in Norway’s largest newspaper
Linked below is the piece Dr. Phillips wrote, which was published in Norway’s largest newspaper, Aftenposten meninger (it can be translated from Norwegian to English on google translate). It was written in response to a piece by a Norwegian doctor, who makes a series of incorrect claims, including that chronic Lyme is as a pseudo-diagnosis and that researchers …
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A Huge Thank You to Bay Area Lyme Foundation for honoring me with a coveted Emerging Leader Award!
This $100,000 scientific grant allows us to go forward with the much needed initial proof of concept testing of our new drug to combat Lyme and bartonella. They’re an amazing organization and we couldn’t be more grateful! I’m working alongside Dr. Neil Spector of Duke, Dana Parish, Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt and his team from Galaxy Diagnostics and NC State, and too many others to list here. We’re developing what we believe will be a game-changing drug for the treatment of bartonella and Lyme, made possible by this joint-development effort involving some of the smartest folks from academia, the private sector, and the non-profit world,