Infection News

Patients with gout, and especially women, may be at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes regardless of vaccination status, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you the highlights and insights from the ACR Convergence 2022, as well as Healio’s top headlines from the meeting.

In an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired on Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared, “The pandemic is over.” And in some ways, he was correct.

PHILADELPHIA — Among women with systemic lupus erythematosus, just 3.7% are vaccinated for HPV, while nearly 30% demonstrate HPV infection, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

PHILADELPHIA — Preterm birth is more frequent among unvaccinated pregnant patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases and COVID-19 vs. fully vaccinated patients, according to findings presented at ACR Convergence 2022.

PHILADELPHIA — Withholding mycophenolate mofetil for at least 10 days following two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly increased antibody response without greatly increasing the rate for flares, according to data presented here.

PHILADELPHIA — The varicella vaccine is strongly recommended in all adults aged 18 years or older who are immunosuppressed, according to presenters at ACR Convergence 2022.

PHILADELPHIA — Outpatient therapies for COVID-19 are largely being limited by evolving variants’ ability to evade effectiveness, and remaining therapies require careful management, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2022.

PHILADELPHIA — The understanding of long COVID, its symptoms and even its definition, continues to rapidly change amid a flood of data, according to Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, and Alfred Kim, MD, PhD, at ACR Convergence 2022.

PHILADELPHIA — Looking not only to history, but also to narratives like novels and movies, can help health care professionals understand and move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the keynote speaker at ACR Convergence 2022.