New guidelines on vaccination for the flu, pneumonia, and more have been updated by the American College of Rheumatology. People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, can learn more.
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While a few medicines blunted the COVID-19 vaccine response, one of the first real-world studies of the vaccine found it safe for people with rheumatoid arthritis and other types of rheumatic disease.
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Since the COVID-19 vaccines were first authorized in the United States, people with autoimmune rheumatic disease have wondered whether the vaccines are safe and effective, especially for those taking medications.
The questions arose because people with these diseases, which include rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis, axial spondylitis, lupus, and vasculitis, were specifically excluded from the clinical trials.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, of the experience in Israel, which followed nearly 700 people with these diseases. The data were shared on June 5 at the virtual conference of EULAR, the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology.
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