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Tick Weaponization to be Investigated
A new law requires a review of military archives to determine whether Cold War tick weaponization contributed to today’s epidemic of tick-borne…
Dec 22, 2025
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Swamp Boy
Inside the haunting case of a teenager’s overnight descent into madness—and the parents who refused to give up.
Aug 28, 2025
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Kris Newby
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What Lurks in the Grass
The exquisite anatomical design that enables ticks to suck your blood.
Jun 28, 2025
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Operation Mongoose 1962
Jan 21, 2025
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The Rise of the Lone Star Tick
Mar 28, 2024
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Kris Newby
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Bioweapons and the Korean War
Feb 27, 2025
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Kris Newby
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The Haunting Legacy of Lyme
Jul 12, 2024
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A Bloody History of Tick Bites
Jan 14, 2025
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Kris Newby
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Tick Weaponization 101
Apr 29, 2024
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Theft from the Hot Zone
When a Ft. Detrick researcher flew to NYC with a deadly virus sample in his pocket.
May 9, 2025
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Kris Newby
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HHS Budget Proposal Guts the CDC and its Lyme Programs
Programs focused on minorities, tribes, rural health, ME/CFS, and HIV/AIDS are also on the chopping block.
Apr 19, 2025
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Bioweapons and the Korean War
An interview with Jeffrey Kaye, who lays out the evidence for U.S. bioweapons use during the Korean War.
Feb 27, 2025
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Kris Newby
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Operation Mongoose 1962
When the CIA air-dropped infected ticks on Cuban sugarcane workers.
Jan 21, 2025
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A Bloody History of Tick Bites
A New York artist pulled 389 ticks off her body in 14 years and created a visual accounting of the growing tick problem in the U.S.
Jan 14, 2025
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Kris Newby
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CDC’s Flawed Lyme Tracking System
Changes to the CDC’s Lyme case definition add complexity and case undercounting, leading to missed diagnoses and underfunding.
Dec 19, 2024
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Interview with Kris Newby
On Lyme Disease, Willy Burgdorfer, Bioweapons, Ticks, Plum Island and much more.
Oct 16, 2024
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