Lakewood’s YMD Wins $10,000 Federal LymeX Impact Award
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced 16 winners of the prize on October 30. The competition, sponsored by the LymeX Innovation Accelerator, a public-private partnership between HHS and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, challenged participants to find creative ways to improve understanding and visibility of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. The winners share a $250,000 prize pool.
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Lakewood’s YMD has won a $10,000 Impact Award in the federal LymeX Visible Voices Prize, the HHS announced.
YMD, based in Lakewood, created a card that lets patients organize their symptom histories and share them with their clinicians.
Download YMD’s “Your Symptom Record” card (PDF)
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a $10 million renewal of LymeX at a Lyme disease roundtable in December 2025.
Lakewood has a moderate tick risk, while Jackson and Manchester rank high.
