# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLXrVTiO5X6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38515033-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-26T16:01:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

A pharmaceutical giant is currently developing a vaccine it hopes will be a powerful weapon against Lyme disease as soon as next year, as cases of the serious tick-borne illness continue to increase on Long Island and across parts of the northeast U.S. But a growing culture of vaccine hesitancy could stand in the way of public acceptance.

Some people who received a 1990s Lyme disease vaccine called LYMErix complained of side-effects. But even after the FDA said the vaccine did not cause any injury, public opinion had turned.

This time, New York-based Pfizer Inc. and the French firm Valneva hope the outcome will be different.

Read more on the potential new vaccine at the link in our bio. (Photo credit: Ben Garver)

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Yerkes | @BrendanYerkes23 | https://gondola.cc/BrendanYerkes23 | Content Producer |
| Newsday • Long Island News | @newsday | https://gondola.cc/newsday | Reporter/Journalist |

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