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Rheum TV – Interviews with Dr. John Aucott. WATCH THE INTERVIEWS

February 2, 2023 | Brain Changes in Post-Treatment Lyme Disease HOPKINS MEDICINE MAGAZINE – WINTER 2023

October 26, 2022 | Johns Hopkins Neuroimaging Study Reveals Functional and Structural Brain Abnormalities in People with Post-Treatment Lyme Disease JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE NEWS

July 2022 | Strides in Psychedelic Science include a new clinical trial at for individuals with Post-Treatment Lyme Disease. READ THE JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR PSYCHEDELIC & CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH SUMMER 2022 NEWSLETTER

July 6, 2022 | What is Lyme disease and its misconceptions? Expert Interview with John Aucott, M.D. WATCH DR. AUCOTT INTERVIEW

July 5, 2022 | Ticks are active in Kentucky year round, but this is prime time, and they are getting more common and more dangerous KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS

June 24, 2022 | Lyme Disease: Diagnosis, Prevention, and How Long COVID is Helping to Advance Awareness and Research for Chronic Lyme DR. AUCOTT INTERVIEW

May 17, 2022 | Midday Maryland – Interview with Dr. Aucott. Lyme disease season has arrived. Experts say the peak will hit in June or July, but they are already seeing tick bites this year. WATCH THE INTERVIEW

November 30, 2021 | Treatment of Lyme Arthritis, Post-Infectious Lyme Arthritis and Complications by John Aucott, MD ACR CONVERGENCE 2021 DISCUSSION OF LYME ARTHRITIS, INCIDENCE & ADVANCES

November 5, 2021 | Chronic Lyme patients on Cape share COVID-19 long-haulers’ pain — and hope for cure CAPE COD TIMES STORY ON LYME DISEASE PATIENTS ENCOURAGED BY COVID LONG HAULER’S ATTENTION

July 2, 2021 | July is peak tick season. Here’s what to look out for WUSA9 DR. AUCOTT INTERVIEW

June 25, 2021 | Lyme Disease Expected to Increase This Summer: What You Can Do HEALTHLINE LYME UPDATE

May 9, 2021 | 8 Things You Need to Know About Lyme Disease DR. AUCOTT INTERVIEW

May 7, 2021 | ‘Ticks Surprise Us:’ 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year WEB MD ARTHRITIS NEWS

May 7, 2021 | 2021 May Be Big Lyme Disease Year at Northern California Beaches COAST SIDE TICK ALERT

April 25, 2021 | Study finds Lyme-carrying ticks next to beaches and ‘pretty much wherever we looked’ WASHINGTON POST STORY

February 2, 2021 | PTLD: Recent Advancements in Long-Haul Lyme Disease Research BROADCAST MED LONG HAUL LYME

May 22, 2020 | Polarizing debate over chronic Lyme disease is deep and complex DR AUCOTT INTERVIEW

May 21, 2020 | Chronic Lyme Disease – Does It Exist? A conversation with John Aucott, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center READ THE CONVERSATION

May 8, 2020 | Distinguishing Lyme Disease from COVID-19. Dr. John Aucott helps break it down. WATCH INTERVIEW ON ABC-7 GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON

Oct 23, 2019 | A Lyme Disease Overview with John Aucott, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center. LISTEN TO CONSTANT WONDER PODCAST

Oct 9, 2019 | NIH Strategic Plan for Tickborne Disease Research written in response to the 2018 HHS Tick Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) Report to Congress. (John Aucott served as TBDWG Chairman 2017-2018.) READ NIH PLAN

September 2019 | Lyme Disease is Baffling, Even to Experts, But new insights are at last accumulating. This Atlantic article delineates how fiercely contested Lyme disease can be and explains that inadequate diagnostics as well as the intricate roles of immune dysfunction, inflammation, autoimmunity, and possible pathogen persistence are at the heart of the controversy. When Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center Director, John Aucott, MD, is asked about the human immune response to a Lyme disease infection he responds, “Our research shows the immune response is highly variable”. READ ATLANTIC ARTICLE

September 20, 2019 | Why patients are caught in the battle over treating chronic Lyme disease Interview with Dr. John Aucott, Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center LISTEN TO CDC RADIO

August 30, 2019 | Computer-Aided Identification of Lyme Disease Rashes Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center along with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory developed a deep learning algorithm to analyze photos of rashes to improve preliminary Lyme disease diagnoses. READ HOPKINS MEDICINE INSIGHT ARTICLE  

July 3, 2019 | Washington is an Epicenter of Lyme Disease. How some locals are fighting back. Listen to Dr. John Aucott and other experts on the Kojo Nnamdi Show HERE.

May 9, 2019 | Doctors missed her Lyme disease for 15 years – now this woman is chronically ill Stephanie Tait’s 15 years of misdiagnosed Lyme disease led to debilitating illness, including permanent heart and neurological damage. Her pain and fatigue were not taken seriously, which is a complaint shared by many women. John Aucott, MD, explains why Lyme disease is complicated and difficult to diagnose. STORY FEATURED ON NBC TODAY

April 17, 2019 | Long-underfunded Lyme disease research gets an injection of money- and ideas NIH is soliciting prevention proposals in tickborne diseases. READ SCIENCEMAG ARTICLE

February 2, 2019 | New Scan Technique Reveals Brain Inflammation Associated with Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome Insights from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom LEARN INSIGHTS  

November 2018 | TBDWG Report to Congress John Aucott, MD, served as Chairman of the HHS Tick Borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) in 2017 and 2018. The TBDWG submitted a report to HHS Secretary and Congress in November 2018 that identified gaps and provided recommendations for the federal response to tick-borne disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and research. The report highlighted areas for improvements in policy and resources to better address the growing tick-borne disease health crisis.  READ REPORT TO CONGRESS

November 14, 2018 | Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease hit record highs in the US, CDC says. Experts say the real burden of tick-borne infection is probably 10x what’s reported.  NBC NEWS STORY  

May 2, 2018 | LYME DISEASE| A Personal Journey Learn more about Lyme disease from experts, including Dr. John Aucott WATCH FOX BALTIMORE REPORT

February 22, 2018 | Hope in the Lyme Wars NBC features the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center’s cutting-edge lab as well as Dr. John Aucott’s leadership role as Chair of the HHS Tick-Borne Disease Working Group. WATCH NBC REPORT

February 6, 2018 | What is Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome? The Controversial Condition Finally Has a Definition, Thanks to New Research New research from Johns Hopkins, published in Frontiers In Medicine, is an important validation of patients persistent Lyme disease symptoms. This research “proves not just that post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome exists, but that being unable to test for it doesn’t mean it’s not there.”- Bustle.com READ ARTICLE

February 2, 2018 | Severe, lingering symptoms seen in some patients after Lyme disease treatment Johns Hopkins researchers find evidence of prolonged fatigue, depression, and pain for some patients. READ JOHNS HOPKINS HUB REPORT

October 25, 2017 | How Scientists are Working to Understand Lyme Disease Cutting edge science provides hope. Research at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease Research Center is vital. WATCH NBC REPORT

April 7, 2017 | Controlling the Lyme Disease Epidemic A Science Friday interview with Dr. John Aucott LISTEN

July 31, 2017 | PBS NEWS HOUR with Dr. Aucott  4 things you should know about ticks and Lyme Disease LISTEN & LEARN Other PBS News Hour info on Lyme Disease LEARN MORE

December 2015 | A TICKING TIMEBOMB: When Lyme Disease Doesn’t Really Go Away LEARN MORE from the Center for Innovative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine

July 6, 2015 | The Mystery of Chronic Lyme Disease Some patients continue to have severe symptoms for years, and experts are divided on the cause. Dr. John Aucott explains efforts to identify the onset of the disease. READ WSJ ARTICLE

July 8, 2015 | It’s Lyme Disease Season: What to know about Contracting, Diagnosing and Treating the Disease Dr. John Aucott Interviewed on the Diane Rehm Show LISTEN

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