The Island’s mounting tick-borne illness epidemic was highlighted by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week, as he announced new federal initiatives to combat Lyme disease and alpha-gal syndrome.
Tribal leaders met with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as part of an annual meeting that happened to take place on the Vineyard. And a beautiful goodbye to Black Dog founder and sailor Captain Bob Douglas.
Aquinnah tribal council chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listened to concerns on tick-borne illnesses, avian flu and tularemia.
Protestors gathered at Martha's Vineyard Airport and in Aquinnah as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Island Tuesday for a meeting with a federal tribal advisory committee.
