Vaccination
Do you need another COVID-19 booster?
As the U.S. enters its third year of the pandemic, COVID-19 cases are at an all-time high thanks to the highly transmissible omicron variant.
Jan 05, 2022
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News tagged with immunocompromised patients
Medications
Antibodies for prevention of COVID-19 granted FDA emergency use authorization
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for a long-acting antibody combination which protects against COVID-19, discovered ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Patients taking rituximab could benefit from third COVID-19 vaccine dose
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows immunocompromised patients using rituximab (a drug used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis) were able ...
Nov 02, 2021
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Immunology
OCTAVE study reveals vaccine responses in patients with impaired immune systems
The OCTAVE study—a multi-center, UK-wide trial, led by the University of Glasgow and co-ordinated by the University of Birmingham's Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit—is evaluating the immune responses following ...
Aug 25, 2021
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Vaccination
Immunocompromised dialysis patients could benefit from third doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
Patients receiving in-hospital dialysis treatment for kidney disease produce a larger neutralizing antibody response when given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, compared to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, according to ...
Aug 13, 2021
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Medical research
Longest case of COVID-19 sheds light on SARS-CoV-2 escape from immune system
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have studied the longest confirmed case of COVID-19 in an immunocompromised patient who was infected for 318 days. The study revealed new ways in which the virus can mutate to ...
Aug 02, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 may result in prolonged infection in immunocompromised children and young adults
Children and young adults with compromised immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, may experience a prolonged period of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the extended duration ...
Apr 28, 2021
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Vaccination
Coronavirus vaccine Q&A: Are they safe? Are they effective? Will you need a booster?
More than 74 million Americans have thus far been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – that's a fraction of the U.S. population. Vaccines are perhaps the best hope, along with following safety protocols, for ending the pandemic. ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
COVID vaccines might not protect certain cancer patients
People with cancers of the blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes are at an increased risk of not making protective coronavirus antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination, a new study warns.
Apr 12, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
HIV may not worsen COVID-19 outlook
People with HIV who were hospitalized with COVID-19 didn't have worse results than COVID-19 patients without HIV, new research shows.
Jul 03, 2020
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