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Will Kennedy’s Lyme disease plan mean an all-out war on wildlife?

Last month, Human Health Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. announced a sweeping new initiative to combat Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The plan hinges on a tick-control pilot program, which will “develop and deploy practical strategies to target and eliminate ticks on wildlife before they can spread disease to humans” and “making the […]

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