A disease that affects three-to-four times more people than HIV/AIDS but gets far less attention … and is the largest vector-borne disease in the U.S. … is quickly becoming a major threat to Virginians—especially children. As Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, a state task force on Lyme disease has been asked to provide more education to school nurses, psychologists, and medical professionals about the deadly, degenerative, neurological disease.
Task Force on Lyme Disease
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