NJ Rep. Chris Smith: Amendment directs the GAO to probe whether the DOD ever weaponized ticks with Lyme disease

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews The House of Representatives this week passed an amendment offered by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) directing the federal government's watchdog" agency to investigate the Department of Defense's (DOD) possible weaponization of ticks and other insects with Lyme disease during its consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H.R. 4350). In [...]

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