A leading cause of misdiagnosis is the failure to recognize a Lyme disease rash when it is present. Characteristics of the Lyme disease rash: Other things to know: Research at […]
Would you recognize these Lyme disease rashes?
Lyme Disease Awareness
A Letter from John Aucott, MD
The December 15, 2025 Health and Human Services (HHS) “Invisible Illness” Lyme Disease Roundtable marked a pivotal federal acknowledgment that Lyme disease is a serious, chronic, biologically based illness and […]
A Decade of Impact: The Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center and Clinical Care Program Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Dr. Aucott is the Barbara Townsend Cromwell Professor in Lyme Disease and Tick-borne Illness, Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director, Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease […]
Research Substantiates Lyme Disease is Not a Psychosomatic Illness
It is Real and Has an Identifiable Biological Basis Several published peer-reviewed studies conducted by the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Research Center are generating a growing body of evidence that […]
Are you aware of the expanding reach of Lyme disease?
Have you ever been told by a doctor, “We don’t have Lyme disease here,” only to later learn that it is present but not being recognized? Lyme disease is spreading […]
How to Distinguish the Symptoms of Acute Lyme Disease and Acute COVID-19
With Lyme and COVID cases presently surging, this excerpt from a recent talk by Dr. Aucott on early diagnosis is timely: John Aucott, MD, Director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease […]
