WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced an ambitious new research initiative to address how the nation combats ticks and tickborne diseases, including Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome.
CDC and NIH awarded a total of nearly $3 million to two of CDC's Centers of Excellence (COEs) in Vector-Borne Diseases (https://www.cdc.gov/vector-borne-diseases/what-cdc-is-doing/centers-of-excellence-in-vector-borne-diseases.html) to research innovative approaches for reducing tick populations, which, in turn, c...