Lyme disease treatment RFK Jr.
The Boston Globe••health
Key Points:
- Public health officials criticize Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s conspiracy theories about Lyme disease, emphasizing that they undermine public awareness efforts about tick-borne risks.
- As part of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” plan, the US Department of Health and Human Services is relaunching Lyme disease testing and treatment initiatives, including a $10 million LymeX Innovation Accelerator to improve early detection using AI tools.
- Tick expert Thomas Mather agrees on the need for increased Lyme disease awareness but refutes Kennedy’s claim that the disease was created as a military bioweapon, highlighting scientific evidence that Lyme disease existed long before such allegations.
- Lyme disease, transmitted by blacklegged (deer) ticks, affects nearly half a million Americans annually, with
