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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 HERE

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 HERE

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 HERE

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 HERE 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 HERE 

July 3, 2019 | Washington is an Epicenter of Lyme Disease. How some locals are fighting back. Listento 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 HERE

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

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 HERE  

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

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 HERE

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 HERE

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 HERE

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 HERE

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

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

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 HERE

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 HERE

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