A Food and Drug Administration panel recommended approval of a Lyme disease vaccine -- but expressed numerous qualms and would only go so far as to say "the benefits are on the side of the vaccine in the short term." Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that can cause severe headaches and crippling joint pain, among other maladies. Although widespread, most cases occur in the wooded northeastern United States.
Lyme Vaccine
A Food and Drug Administration panel recommended approval of a Lyme disease vaccine -- but expressed numerous qualms and would only go so far as to say "the benefits are on the side of the vaccine in the short term." Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that can cause severe headaches and crippling joint pain, among other maladies. Although widespread, most cases occur in the wooded northeastern United States.
