You can protect your dog in the U.S. against Lyme disease, but you can’t protect you or your children with a vaccine. Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, says there was a vaccine for humans, but it was withdrawn

Poland says there are no plans at this time for a new Lyme vaccine in the U.S., but there is good news. A vaccine is being developed in Europe

Poland says it might take five years or more before a Lyme disease vaccine is ready for humans. Until then, it’s important to be tick

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