The federal government is funding a new pilot program that aims to reduce Lyme disease, a disease transmitted by ticks, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on May 29.
“Millions of Americans living with Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have struggled for decades to get diagnoses, treatments, and care,” Kennedy said at a briefing in Concord, New Hampshire.
“They deserve better prevention, better treatments, and real support, and today, led by the Trump administration, we’re launching one of the most ambitious federal efforts ever to combat Lyme disease, accelerate research, and improve care for patients and families.”
The Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will be funding research at the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases and other institutions that will aim to decrease the number of ticks, in part by disrupting their breeding cycles….