Lyme: The Government Has Been Making Bugs More Deadly

Imagine having multiple sclerosis, joint and muscle pain, chronic fatigue and Alzheimer's all at the same time. That's what it can feel like to have undiagnosed and untreated Lyme disease.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• In her book, “Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons,” Kris Newby reviews the circumstantial evidence suggesting the organism that causes Lyme disease may originally have been developed as a biological weapon

• An estimated 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with and treated for Lyme disease each year, and prevalenc…