Editorial correction — October 10, 2026: This article has been revised to remove unsupported claims about inherited susceptibility, transmission, the identity of all reported fibers, and the exclusion of fungi. Its earlier suggestion that credible information must affirm a Lyme cause has also been removed. The standard below applies to infectious and psychiatric explanations alike. …
Editorial correction — October 10, 2026: This letter replaces an earlier version that presumed an infectious explanation, treated response to psychiatric medication as evidence of misdiagnosis, and requested that Morgellons be ruled out before any treatment. Those inferences exceeded the cited evidence. The revised letter asks for assessment, symptom care and reassessment without requiring a …
This story was originally published by ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. When Mai Yang is looking for a patient, she travels light. She dresses deliberately — not too formal, so she won’t be mistaken for a …