Archive - The BITTEN Files

Theft from the Hot Zone

When a Ft. Detrick researcher flew to NYC with a deadly virus sample in his pocket.

May 9 •

April 2025

HHS Budget Proposal Guts the CDC and its Lyme Programs

Programs focused on minorities, tribes, rural health, ME/CFS, and HIV/AIDS are also on the chopping block.

Apr 19 •

February 2025

Bioweapons and the Korean War

An interview with Jeffrey Kaye, who lays out the evidence for U.S. bioweapons use during the Korean War.

Feb 27 •

January 2025

December 2024

CDC’s Flawed Lyme Tracking System

Changes to the CDC’s Lyme case definition add complexity and case undercounting, leading to missed diagnoses and underfunding.

Dec 19, 2024 •

October 2024

Interview with Kris Newby

On Lyme Disease, Willy Burgdorfer, Bioweapons, Ticks, Plum Island and much more.

Oct 16, 2024 •

July 2024

May 2024

Little Shop of Horrors: Accidents at a Bioweapons Lab

When genetically engineered organisms are released on a population without natural immunity, it can lead to disease, death, and pandemics.

May 29, 2024 •

April 2024

Tick Weaponization 101

Why and how the U.S. military turned ticks into stealth weapons.

Apr 29, 2024 •

March 2024

The Rise of the Lone Star Tick

Did Army-funded releases of radioactive ticks ignite an epidemic of tick-borne diseases?

Mar 28, 2024 •

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