This House resolution supports designating May as "Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month." It cites rising numbers of reported Lyme disease cases, CDC estimates of many people diagnosed and treated each year, higher emergency room visits for tick bites, and wider spread of ticks across the country. The resolution notes the importance of early detection and treatment, the existence of persistent symptoms in some patients, recent federal actions like the Kay Hagan Tick Act, a Department of Health and Human Services roundtable, renewal of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator, and HHS public education efforts such as the "No Time for Lyme" campaign. The resolution expresses continued support for spreading awareness and improving clinical responses to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
This resolution is a formal statement from the House supporting a May awareness month. It encourages more public information, education, and attention to prevention, detection, and clinical care for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. It does not itself create new rules or describe new funding.
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Supporters point to: rising reported cases (over 89,000 reported in 2023), CDC estimates that many hundreds of thousands are diagnosed and treated annually, higher emergency room visits for tick bites, ticks now found across most counties, the need for early detection and treatment, that some patients have persistent symptoms, and recent federal steps such as the Kay Hagan Tick Act, an HHS roundtable, renewal of the LymeX Innovation Accelerator, and public education campaigns like "No Time for Lyme." They view an awareness month as a way to build on these efforts.
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