Infection News

Evusheld is no longer authorized for use to help prevent COVID-19 in the United States “until further notice,” due to a lack of protection against dominant variants, according to new guidance issued by the FDA.

A self-evidence data platform may help patients with autoimmune diseases and long COVID avoid certain lifestyle and environmental triggers, according to a press release.

Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are less likely to experience long COVID symptoms, compared with unvaccinated patients, according to data.

Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases should be screened for tuberculosis, hepatitis B and other infections before starting disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, according to new guidelines published by EULAR.

Patients who have received a COVID-19 vaccine demonstrate a “slight but significant” change of developing IgA vasculitis, but no more than with other vaccines, according to data published in the Journal of Rheumatology.

Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease undergoing immunosuppressive therapy gain a “significant immunological boost” following SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

The number of patients diagnosed with Kawasaki disease in Japan fell by approximately one-third in 2020, with no indication that parents eschewed necessary hospital visits, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Black and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematous demonstrate more severe COVID-19 outcomes than white patients, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Consistently positive antinuclear antibody tests at 12 months following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection may predict long-term symptoms and inflammation, according to data published in the European Respiratory Journal.

Health care professionals around the world are reporting that the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented patients with systemic lupus erythematosus from receiving optimal care, resulting in increased risk for organ damage, according to a survey.