I will work to increase federal funding for Lyme and tick-borne disease research, prevention, education, and related defense research programs.

Second, I’m working directly with my colleagues in Congress on the Appropriations Committee to surge investments into this fight. My budget requests this year asked for Lyme and tick-borne disease funding for NIH research through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, CDC prevention and education, and the Department of Defense’s Tick-Borne Disease Research Program.

Gottheimer committed to working with appropriators to increase federal investments for Lyme and tick-borne disease programs at NIH, CDC, and DOD.

RELEASE: Gottheimer Hosts Lyme Disease Roundtable
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