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  Speaker: Marla W. Deibler, PsyD, ABPP Webinar: Maximizing Family Support in PANS / PANDAS Date/Time: Thursday, May 18th, at 12:00pm EST Register for this webinar: Via Zoom About this Webinar […]

Thank you to everyone who took a moment to celebrate the successes of the past year so our community can carry hope into 2023!      

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Pallanti S, Di Ponzio M. PANDAS/PANS in the COVID-19 Age: Autoimmunity and Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation as Trigger Agents? Children (Basel). 2023 Mar 30;10(4):648. doi: 10.3390/children10040648. PMID: 37189896; PMCID: PMC10136983. “Herein, […]

Vojdani A, Vojdani E, Saidara E, Maes M. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 Infection, EBV, HHV-6 and Other Factors May Contribute to Inflammation and Autoimmunity in Long COVID. Viruses. 2023 Jan 31;15(2):400. doi: […]

Dedication to PANS/PANDAS Awareness and Advocacy with Advocate Gabriella True “It’s not always about overcoming, it’s about living.” Gabriella True Link to Podcast Episode on https://andreahansoncoaching.com/49 Note from Andrea Hanson: […]

  TACA’s Take Action Conference Series is an entirely new offering for TACA families. This virtual month-long opportunity will include live lectures from experts, take-action workshops, parent and professional panels, […]

CDC’s Autism Numbers – 1 in 36   The newly published estimated Autism Prevalence rates by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 1 in 36 children […]

Runge, K., Reisert, M., Feige, B. et al. Deep clinical phenotyping of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: an approach towards detection of organic causes and first results. Transl Psychiatry 13, 83 […]

Dr. Daines and the team at the CPAE Center of Excellence (University of Arizona) recently conducted a poster presentation at the AAAAI. The study demonstrates the beneficial effects of IVIG […]

Bruinsma, R.A., Zomer, T.P., Skogman, B.H. et al. Clinical manifestations of Lyme neuroborreliosis in children: a review. Eur J Pediatr 182, 1965–1976 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-04811-w Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) is a manifestation […]