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Breakthrough COVID studies lend support to use of new boosters in immunosuppressed patients
The findings of two studies underscore the importance of booster vaccine doses in those with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking...
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Severe COVID-19–related outcomes found worse in men with RA
A retrospective study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19 showed that men had more baseline comorbidities and increased risk of...
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Long COVID could cost the economy trillions, experts predict
“I think it’s hard for the public to grasp ... and understand the scale of this public health crisis.”
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Limiting antibiotic overprescription in pandemics: New guidelines
The COVID-19 pandemic brought an alarming increase in antimicrobial resistance in hospitals, with infections and deaths caused by resistant...
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Pandemic has helped clinicians to gain better insight on pernio, expert says
“I don’t think pernio is truly necrotic,” Dr. Lindy P. Fox said. “I think it’s really inflammatory and purpuric.”
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Dermatoses often occur in people who wear face masks
Researchers reviewed 37 studies published between 2004 and 2022 involving 29,557 adults self-reporting regular use of any face mask type across 17...
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The potential problem(s) with a once-a-year COVID vaccine
Remarks, from “capitulation” to too few data, hit the airwaves and social media.
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Why some infectious disease docs are ‘encouraged’ by new bivalent COVID vaccines
“I’m very encouraged by this new development.”
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Vitamin D supplementation shows no COVID-19 prevention
“Vaccination is still the most effective way to protect people from COVID-19, and vitamin D and cod liver oil supplementation should not be...
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How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
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Autoimmune disease patients’ waxing, waning response to COVID vaccination studied in-depth
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases have weaker vaccine-induced immunity to COVID but are able to build a humoral immune response...