Rep. Stefanik's Legislation Leads to New CDC Data That Will Help Prevent Spread of Lyme Disease
January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release:
In 2019, Congresswoman Stefanik co-sponsored and helped pass the TICK Act, which developed the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) framework for a national strategy to approach vector-borne diseases. Due to that legislation, the CDC's recent report indicates that cases of tick-borne Lyme disease may actually be more than 10 times higher than previous records indicated - an alarming but importan . . .
In 2019, Congresswoman Stefanik co-sponsored and helped pass the TICK Act, which developed the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) framework for a national strategy to approach vector-borne diseases. Due to that legislation, the CDC's recent report indicates that cases of tick-borne Lyme disease may actually be more than 10 times higher than previous records indicated - an alarming but importan . . .