Dr. Hope McIntyre, a family physician in Mt. Airy, Maryland from 1994 to 2010, has been treating Lyme disease full-time since 2010. She will teach a class, Acute and Chronic Lyme Disease, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., May 1, at the Penn State York Conference Center main building.

McIntyre will address facts, fiction, controversy, treatment and prevention of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases found in Pennsylvania and Maryland, The class is sponsored by Penn State York, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the York Lyme Disease Support Group because our area is considered a Lyme disease hotspot.

Admission is free. Location: 1031 Edgecomb Ave., York. Register (required) at 717-771-4015. For more information, call Wanda Stibitz 717-741-2473.