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The lost Lyme vaccine

Unexplainable by Vox

Jun 3, 202638:14Science & Medicine

Vijay Sikand is a family doctor in the Connecticut town that gave Lyme disease its name. When a pharmaceutical company came to town to test a vaccine, he built a career and a community around the trial. Then the Lyme vac...

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The lost Lyme vaccine is an episode from Unexplainable by Vox. Vijay Sikand is a family doctor in the Connecticut town that gave Lyme disease its name. When a pharmaceutical company came to town to test a vaccine, he built a career and a co...

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Published Jun 3, 2026, 38:14 long, audio available.

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