Meredith Hodnock

But for Vijay, it's more personal than that.

Because for him, this science was a part of bringing his community together.

Over 25 years after the Lyme study, Pfizer and a French drug company, Valneva, are testing a new Lyme disease vaccine based on similar science.

And as of this spring, Pfizer is planning on submitting the vaccine to regulatory authorities.

This episode was produced by me, Meredith Hodnock.

It was edited by Lissa Soep.

Christian Ayala did the mixing and we collaborated on scoring with music from Noam Hassenfeld.

Melissa Hirsch, check the facts.

Joanna Solitarov and Sally Helm are having fun in the sun.

And thanks, as always, to Brian Resnick for co-creating the show with Bird Pinkerton and Noam.

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