Featured updates on federal legislative initiatives (Congressman Chris Gibson), current problems faced by patients and their health care providers (Dr. Kenneth Leigner and Meredith Johnson), and new solutions offered by biotech businesses such as US BIOLOGIC and community activist Jill Auerbach. See two recent articles by Dr. Leigner: Lyme Disease. Does It Really Linger? and Lyme Disease: The Sensible Pursuit of Answers. Also attending were students from a group of 17 journalism and honors students under the direction of science journalist Sonia Shah, at SUNY New Paltz. Over a period of four months they undertook a collaborative investigation into the science, politics, and history of Lyme Disease. See their final project here.