RFK Jr. Announces New Plan to Reduce Lyme Disease by 25 Percent

About 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme each year.
RFK Jr. Announces New Plan to Reduce Lyme Disease by 25 Percent
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in Washington on April 21, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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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.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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