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Lång U, Metsälä J, Ramsay H, Boland F, Heikkilä K, Pulakka A, Lawlor A, O’Connor K, Veijola J, Kajantie E, Healy C, Kelleher I. Doxycycline Use in Adolescent Psychiatric Patients […]

DASHORE, Jodie A. et al. Autism Spectrum Disorders and Lyme Disease: Exploring Shared Neuro-Inflammatory and Immune Pathways. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 11, nov. 2025. ISSN 2375-1924. doi: […]

Parents say their children seemingly change overnight, displaying dangerous behaviors that often mimic symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder or schizophrenia. However, getting a proper diagnosis can be difficult. Three Louisiana families are sharing their stories to raise awareness about a misunderstood condition often triggered by something as common as strep throat.

    2025 Pennsylvania PANS PANDAS Legislation Call to Action 📣 Call to Action for Pennsylvania Advocates! Join PA State Leads Bonnie Markowitz and Kathy Rubel for a PANS/PANDAS Advocacy […]

  WFFT-TV 55 News By: David Tilmans, Oct 9, 2025 Watch Newscast and Read Article FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) – – The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge is […]

I want to thank our entire community for participating in PANS PANDAS Awareness Day yesterday. Your posts, lights, and conversations made a powerful impact. Today is World Mental Health Day, […]

Weinstock LB, Afrin LB, Reiersen AM, Brook J, Blitshteyn S, Ehrlich G, Schofield JR, Kinsella L, Kaufman D, Dempsey T, Molderings GJ. Prevalence and treatment response of neuropsychiatric disorders in […]

Daily Herald – Suburban Chicago’s News Source October 06, 2025 On Thursday, Oct. 9, the Millennium Carillon in Naperville will light up green in honor of World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day, […]

By Gabriella True, President, Alliance to Solve PANS & Immune-Related Encephalopathies (ASPIRE) Each year, countless children and adults with PANS PANDAS lose critical time, time when early diagnosis and proper […]

Volunteers Needed: We need volunteers to reach out to their municipalities to request that they light up monuments, like the state house, bridges, monuments, etc., be lit up on October 9th, 2024.

When Inflammation Is Dismissed: B’s Battle with PANS and Tick-Borne Co-Infections Acute neuroinflammation can be life-changing—and it’s appalling when providers dismiss these symptoms as psychiatric only. In 2019, B was […]

When severe food restriction and complex symptoms are mistaken for FND, proper evaluation is crucial. When Sophie got the flu at age 12, she didn’t expect it would mark the […]