Johns Hopkins Medicine Feb 23 2026 In a new Johns Hopkins Medicine study, researchers found that male and female patients with early Lyme disease present with different signs of the disease in the symptoms they report, their physical exams, and their laboratory test results. The study was published on February 7th, 2026, in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. Researchers found that males were more likely to have a positive test and to have more obvious, severe disease indicators, including