Kris Newby: Lyme Disease and America’s Secret Bioweapons Programs
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The New American ^
| November 16, 2023 | Veronika Kyrylenko
Investigative journalist Kris Newby has uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that secret bioweapons programs involving insects, conducted by the military and intelligence communities in the United States, may have led to the outbreak of Lyme disease. In
this interview with The New American, Newby discusses the key findings of her book Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons, which reveals shocking details about these covert programs and their potential connection to Lyme disease, which affects over half a million individuals annually. The interview delves into the history of bioweapons research, specifically the bug-borne bioweapons program of the 1950s...
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A New Vaccine Aims to Knock Out Lyme Disease
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NY1 ^
| Aug. 17, 2023 | Erin Billups
In much of the country, venturing beyond manicured lawns, into the woods or wild fields means you’re likely heading into tick territory. There
is a lot of work underway to develop therapies to treat tick-borne illnesses and prevent them all together, including an ongoing Pfizer vaccine trial that has enrolled both adults and children. National Health Reporter Erin Billups introduces us to one family whose son is enrolled in the phase three clinical trial. Whether it’s playing with his sisters, corralling the ducks, or playing with baby chicks, 7-year-old Seamus Naughton is outside a lot. “I don't want my hands...
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Lyme Disease Vaccine Could Be Coming Soon (2025?)
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Axios ^
| April 25, 2023 | Tina Reed
More than two decades after a promising vaccine for Lyme disease was pulled from the market, more tools to protect against the tick-borne illness —including a new shot — are on the horizon. Why
it matters: There's worldwide concern about how climate change is helping drive the proliferation of ticks and transforming Lyme disease from a regional summertime nuisance into a year-round health threat that can damage the nervous system and require several weeks of intravenous antibiotic therapy. "Untreated, Lyme disease can be very serious," Leana Wen, an emergency physician and a professor at George Washington University, told Axios Today....
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MIT Plan To Tackle Lyme Disease Would Release Thousands Of Genetically Modified Mice On Nantucket (Jururissac Park alert)
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CBS Boston ^
| April 22, 2022 | CBSBoston.com Staff
NANTUCKET (CBS) — MIT researchers are unveiling their plan to tackle the growing threat of Lyme disease, and it involves releasing thousands of genetically modified mice on Nantucket. The Boston Globe reports that scientists this month explained to island residents their proposal to release potentially hundreds of thousands of mice that have
been engineered to be resistant to the bacteria that causes Lyme. They say that if Lyme were less prevalent among mice, then fewer ticks that bite the rodents would contract the disease. As a result, there would be fewer cases of Lyme disease in humans bitten by ticks....
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New mRNA anti-tick vaccine may protect from more than just Lyme disease
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https://newatlas.com ^
| November 17, 2021 | By Rich Haridy & Yale University
A new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine is reporting the development of a novel mRNA-based vaccine designed to help resist tick bites. Preclinical
tests in guinea pigs indicate the vaccine aids the immune system in recognizing tick bites, resulting in the parasites being dislodged before they can transmit any pathogenic disease. Over a dozen diseases can be transmitted by tick bites. The most well-known is Lyme disease, caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. In the past, vaccines have successfully been developed to specifically target this Lyme disease bacterium. However, this new vaccine candidate takes a different...
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New Vaccine Developed By Massachusetts’ Doctor to Prevent Lyme Disease In Humans
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Field and Stream ^
| 03/01/2021 | Tom Keer
A Massachusetts doctor may have discovered a shot that will prevent Lyme disease in humans. The
drug received federal approval from the Food and Drug Administration to be tested on people at the end of 2020. The Phase 1 clinical trial on 66 human subjects began last week. If effective, the shot will be available in the Spring of 2023.
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Lyme Disease
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Vanity
Just took a blood test for Lyme Disease. I have been having unexplained joint pain in my legs and lack of energy. Have
had several tick bites in the last several months. What does anyone know about this?
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COMPASSION: President Trump Sends Democrat Rep to White House Doctor for Lyme Disease Treatment
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Big League Politics ^
| April 14, 2020 | Shane Trejo
...Trump also offered to Whitsett the use of White House doctors to treat her lyme disease after she said she had difficulty finding treatment for her condition in Detroit. “People don’t know about lyme disease. It’s
a very bad thing… It can kill you. If you have a certain type of blood, if you get lyme disease, it’s over,” Trump said. Whitsett explained that she contracted lyme disease in her Detroit home as a five-year-old child, which came as somewhat of a surprise to Trump...
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Bioweapons:Lyme Disease, Weaponized Ticks, Plum Island, & More
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The Freedom Articles ^
| Aug 1 2019 | Malia Freeman
Cannot copy text, this article discusses the bill introduced to Congress seeking to uncover the link between the spreading Lyme Complex plague in the US and Plum Island Bio Weapons research. Yes,
we shot ourselves, then pretended it did not happen
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Climate Change Is Causing a Dangerous Uptick in Cases of Lyme Disease
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Pacific Standard ^
| April 16, 2018 | by Gabriela Serrato Marks
After reading Mary Beth Pfeiffer's engrossing new book, Lyme, you will probably want to kill any tick you can find, donate to Lyme research, and find out if you are at risk for tick-borne diseases. Spoiler
alert: Your risk is likely increasing. Ticks, some of whom carry the pathogenic bacteria that causes Lyme, can now survive in environments where they would have frozen to death 30 years ago. The good news is that there's a lot of new research coming out about stopping and treating tick-borne illnesses, and a good new book that connects the dots between climate change, ticks,...
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Lyme disease: Olivia’s story, the LivLyme Foundation and the TickTracker app
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Outbreak News Today ^
| March 8, 2018 | ROBERT HERRIMAN
13-year old Olivia Goodreau has been living with Lyme disease for half her life. She
joined me today to tell her story from the tick bite to a myriad of symptoms to visiting 51 doctors before being diagnosed with the tick-borne disease. Olivia also talked about her nonprofit organization, LivLyme Foundation, which supports the work of researchers and scientists who are dedicated to finding the effective treatment for Lyme disease and ultimately finding the cure. We also talk about the TickTracker app, her idea which allows you to track & report ticks in real-time with geolocation. Jeff Stauffer, Founder of...
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Ticks on the rise across New England (Lyme disease & Powasson )
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AP & Fox5 ^
| 6/21/17 update | MICHAEL CASEY and LISA RATHKE
MARSHFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Tick numbers are on the rise across New England, raising the prospect of an increase in Lyme and other diseases associated with the blood suckers. Much
of the region got a respite last year as the drought took a toll on ticks, whose numbers drop as the humidity falls below 85 percent. But the drought is largely gone from the region and ticks are taking advantage. Residents in Maine are complaining they are finding as many as 30 ticks at a time on their clothes, and public health officials in Vermont are reporting an above-average rate...
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Is Lyme Disease an accidentally released bioterror pathogen?
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The Coach's Team ^
| 5/19/17 | Suzanne Eovaldi
A dangerous, large scale outbreak of painful Lyme Disease is being predicted for this summer by a video reporter who has suggested that this animal disease might have been spread to the U.S. population as an inadvertent escape pathogen from the U.S. Plum Island Animal Research facility. Because
we've had a very mild winter, "all the conditions are right for one of the biggest outbreaks of LD this summer," says video researcher David Zublick. "What if your backyard is a breeding ground for a most heinous act of bioterrorism by our own government," asks Zublick about research done at Plum...
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Lyme disease is set to explode and we still don’t have a vaccine
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newscientist.com ^
| March 29, 2017 | Chelsea Whyte
A new prediction says 2017 and 2018 will see major Lyme disease outbreaks in new areas. This
could lead to lifelong health consequences, so where's the vaccine? Thanks to a changing climate it could be one of the worst on record: the ticks that carry the disease have been found in places where it has never before been a problem – and where most people don’t know how to respond. The danger zone isn’t confined to the US: similar signs are flagging potential outbreaks in Europe. Polish researchers predict a major outbreak there in 2018. In theory, Ostfeld’s early warning...
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Caller on Wilkow Show says Hillary has Lyme Disease
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WILKOW MAJORITY | 12 SEPTEMBER 2016 | WILKOW MAJORITY
Caller [Physician] on the Wilkow Majority show says Clinton has Lyme Disease.
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'Lyme disease is a ticking time bomb': Leading expert explains how life-wrecking illness is spreadin
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Daily Mail ^
| 13:59 EST, 28 April 2016 | Dr Hany Elsheikha
Transmitted from ticks, it can take years to diagnose, leaving people suffering painful symptoms doctors are unable to explain. A
'TICKING TIME BOMB' On any ranked list of nasty diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks and fleas in the Western world, Borrelia burgdorferi, would have to lie near the top. These bacteria cause Lyme disease, which was first recognised in the US in the early 1970s among patients in Lyme, Connecticut. However, the oldest known case was the Ötzi the Tyrolean Iceman - a 5,300-year-old Copper-age mummified individual - discovered in the Italian Alps.
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What It’s Like to Have Severe Lyme Disease
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New York Magazine ^
| June 15, 2015 | Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
In the '70s, a cluster of adults and children in Lyme, Old Lyme, and East Haddam, Connecticut, began to develop fevers, swollen joints, and, most mysterious, an angry rash, especially after playing or hiking near rivers. The
cases were most prevalent in deer-heavy areas, and scientists quickly discovered a common link: black-legged ticks that jump from deer to humans. Lyme disease was first identified by a medical entomologist in 1982. Though recovery is usually speedy if you’re promptly treated with antibiotics, Lyme disease is a notoriously slippery condition to diagnose, especially outside the Midwest or Northeast, where it’s most common....
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Avril Lavigne reveals she has Lyme disease
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS / ^
| April 1, 2015 | Zayda Rivera
Avril Lavigne reveals she has Lyme disease after months of rumors surrounding her health: ‘I thought I was dying’ ____________________________________ Avril Lavigne's ailing health left her and her loved ones wondering what the hell was going on. Now,
the punk princess revealed she was diagnosed with a severe case of Lyme disease. "I had no idea a bug bite could do this," she told People. "I was bedridden for five months." Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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