Galaxy Editorial Team

We lost a bright light in the Bartonella patient community on January 20, 2024. Jake Picker, aka the Bartonella Babe, passed away peacefully Saturday evening surrounded by loved ones at her home in California. At age 30, Jake had struggled for over five years with a GI illness complicated by MCAS, SIBO and Bartonella infection. [...]

Louisiana One Heath In Action (LOHA) has donated $10,000 to support research at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Intracellular Pathogens Research Laboratory (IPRL). This research laboratory, directed by Edward B. Breitschwerdt, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), is where Galaxy’s proprietary BAPGM™ enrichment culture was developed. Dr. Breitschwerdt is also Chief Scientific Officer and […]

The holidays are upon us, and we extend the warmest wishes to you and yours for a season of celebration, giving, and reflection. We are excited to share the milestones that have defined our progress this year—including new insurance codes, research publications, and advocacy milestones—that we believe will help advance patient care and offer hope […]

Chiggers are present world-wide in a diversity of hundreds of species. They are the primary vector for scrub typhus, but their potential as a vector for other pathogens including Bartonella and Borrelia species is under-studied. After years of neglect, 2023 saw an increase in research on these tiny arachnids. What Are Chiggers? “Chigger” is the […]