On May 29, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announced the largest federal push against Lyme disease in the department’s history — tick-control pilots, millions in innovation prizes, a $10M diagnostics prize, and NIH research funding, with a goal of cutting Lyme cases 25% by 2035.
Author Archives: Steve Phillips
Reasons to Love Monolaurin
Key points Monolaurin is a medium-chain fatty acid derived from coconut oil. It has broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity — against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. The supporting research has been in the literature for years. It helped Dr. Phillips and his patients when the strongest antibiotics had failed. Important: it is not uniformly safe for everyone. The …
Untangling Cardiovascular Disease (Parts 1–5)
This series is dedicated to my brother Jeff — taken by a heart attack at 59. No warning. No goodbye. Just gone. That loss is what drove me to spend months digging into the research on cardiovascular disease, and what I found should be far better known than it is. Cardiovascular disease kills more people …
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Dr. Steven Phillips Speaking at Health and Human Services Lyme Disease Roundtable — December 2025
Dr. Steven Phillips was invited to take part in a national Lyme disease roundtable convened and moderated by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The historic gathering took place in Washington, DC on December 15, 2025. It brought together clinicians and researchers to confront the diagnostic and clinical challenges of …
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