16个项目获奖、总奖金25万美元：卫生与公众服务部公布莱姆病 LymeX Visible Voices 奖名单
美国卫生与公众服务部（Department of Health and Human Services，HHS）10月30日在华盛顿宣布，LymeX Visible Voices 奖评选出16个获奖项目。该奖表彰由患者经验出发开发的实用资源，帮助患者、照护者与临床医生更好地理解莱姆病及其他蜱传疾病的诊断。
奖金安排方面，Drexel University College of Medicine 获得5万美元大奖；MyLymeCoach、The Visible Diagnosis Project、Global Lyme Alliance、Patient Powered Insights from MyLymeData 与 Galaxy Diagnostics 五个项目各获2万美元优秀奖；另有10个参赛作品各获1万美元影响力奖。16个奖项总奖金合计25万美元。
卫生与公众服务部长 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 表示，与莱姆病及其他蜱传疾病抗争的患者应当得到答案，他们的经历必须推动这项工作；这些获奖项目把患者的洞见转化成实用工具，帮助家庭与临床医生应对诊断难题。他说，联邦政府正通过「莱姆病登月计划」（Lyme Disease Moonshot）动员患者、研究人员与创新者，正视诊断挑战、推进治疗。
HHS 介绍，Visible Voices 是2026年 LymeX 四项奖赛之一，服务于该部的莱姆病登月计划，并落实特朗普总统行政令《消除携带疾病的害虫、恢复户外活动享受》（Eliminating Disease-Carrying Pests and Restoring Enjoyment of the Great Outdoors）提出的方向，即通过奖赛或研发继续推进这一计划。
获奖名单经非联邦专家评审与联邦审查后选定。HHS 表示，全部获奖作品已在该奖官网公布，该部莱姆病专题页也汇总了相关联邦行动信息。
16 Winners Share $250,000: HHS Announces LymeX Visible Voices Prize Winners to Improve Lyme Disease Diagnosis
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in Washington on October 30 that 16 winners have been selected for the LymeX Visible Voices Prize, recognizing patient-informed resources that help patients, caregivers, and clinicians better understand Lyme and tickborne disease diagnosis.
Drexel University College of Medicine received the $50,000 Grand Prize. Five Excellence Prizes of $20,000 each went to MyLymeCoach, The Visible Diagnosis Project, Global Lyme Alliance, Patient Powered Insights from MyLymeData, and Galaxy Diagnostics. Ten additional submissions received Impact Awards of $10,000 each, bringing the total prize purse to $250,000.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said patients battling Lyme and other tickborne diseases deserve answers and their experiences must drive the department's work, adding that the winners turn patient insights into practical tools that help families and clinicians navigate diagnosis. He said the federal government is mobilizing patients, researchers, and innovators through the Lyme Disease Moonshot to confront diagnostic challenges and advance treatment.
HHS said Visible Voices is one of four 2026 LymeX prize competitions supporting the department's Lyme Disease Moonshot. It advances priorities outlined in President Trump's Executive Order, Eliminating Disease-Carrying Pests and Restoring Enjoyment of the Great Outdoors, which directs HHS to build on the Lyme Moonshot through prize competitions or research and development.
Winners were selected following nonfederal expert evaluation and federal review. HHS said all winning submissions are posted on the prize website, and its Lyme disease page collects related federal initiatives.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：暗视野显微镜下导致莱姆病的伯氏疏螺旋体（Borrelia burgdorferi），美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）公共卫生图像库 PHIL 6631，公共领域。 / Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, under dark-field microscopy, CDC Public Health Image Library (PHIL 6631), public domain.
