DNS lookup from lynx failing to ncbi eutils using ISP DNS but ok with 8.8.8.8

I have several utilities that use the NCBI Eutils server via wget or lynx. Recently, lynx started failing with a DNS error, Looking up eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Making HTTPS connection to eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host. lynx: Can't access startfile https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?tool=biotechmarchywka&email=marchywka@hotmail.com&db=pmc&retmax=1&usehistory=y&term=dog+hypothyroidim Modification of /etc/resolv.conf fixes the problem. cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 127.0.1.1 search gha.chartermi.net lynx info is, lynx --version Lynx Version 2.8.9dev.8 (21 Dec 2015) libwww-FM 2.14, SSL-MM 1.4.1, GNUTLS 3.4.9, ncurses 6.0.20160213(wide) Built on linux-gnu. Copyrights held by the Lynx Developers Group, the University of Kansas, CERN, and other contributors. Distributed under the GNU General Public License (Version 2). See http://lynx.invisible-island.net/ and the online help for more information. I'm not sure it is unique to lynx but that is the only app complaining right now AFAICT. My question is if this is a known problem and if an updated version may be a solution. Thanks.