The plan includes funding for a pilot program aimed at controlling tick populations and finding better Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome treatments.
An estimated 450,000 Americans are affected by alpha-gal syndrome.
Although the new vaccine fell short of its primary goal, it showed ‘clinically meaningful’ results in a secondary analysis.
Though deadly anaphylaxis had been considered a theoretical outcome of the allergy, it had not yet been seen until this case.
A high percentage of respondents said they were aware of the tick-borne disease and spent time outdoors, but less than half said they took measures to prevent infection.
An investigation is under way into exactly where the patient contracted the infection.
Authors recorded an annual growth in cases of 14.2%.
The study identified open-space development and low population density as risk factors for Alpha-gal syndrome.
In the US, alpha-gal syndrome is usually associated with bites from the lone star tick, but new cases were caused by black-legged and western black-legged ticks.
Herbs and supplements are the most common treatment offered by the clinics.
