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Vaccine Hesitancy: Wariness Is Rare, But There’s a Wider Worry About COVID Vaccines’ Efficacy in Some Populations

Susan Bernstein | July 6, 2021

Hesitancy about COVID-19 vaccination persists nationwide, although it varies among regions and sociodemographic groups.

How Immunosuppression May Affect COVID-19 Vaccine Response

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD | June 13, 2021

Although we can expect to learn much more, preliminary data are now available on the potential safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in rheumatology patients. The picture is likely to be nuanced, with not all types of immunosuppressive treatments having identical impacts on vaccine response. Rheumatologists should use caution in interpreting early reports, while continuing…

A Unified Advocacy Voice for Rheumatology

David R. Karp, MD, PhD, & Christine Stamatos, DNP, ANP-C | June 13, 2021

One thing that became clear very quickly this past year was that the COVID-19 pandemic would change the way we deliver care to patients. What has not changed amid an evolving healthcare landscape is our driving focus to ensure our patients’ access to rheumatology care and the availability of state-of-the-art treatments. We know you share…

Rheumatology Health Educators Educate & Empower Patients

Linda Childers | October 19, 2020

As a health educator at Integrative Rheumatology, a private practice in Charlotte, N.C., Latisha Williams, MPH, CHES, CHC, works with patients to teach them how to better manage their disease. In the two-and-a-half years that Ms. Williams has worked at Integrative Rheumatology, she’s answered countless questions about exercise, nutrition and complementary therapies, among other topics. “Patients…

Conquering Systemic Racism in Medicine

Kimberly Retzlaff | October 19, 2020

2020 has not only borne witness to a global pandemic, but also to increasing fervor in the fight for racial equity. In a wave of opposition to the systemic racism in the U.S., people have been in the streets demonstrating and protesting against social injustice and have taken to social media to promote political action….

Advocating for Change: Q&A with Georgia State Rep. Kim Schofield

Kimberly Retzlaff | October 19, 2020

Rep. Kim Schofield’s path to the Georgia House of Representatives started with her lupus diagnosis 20 years ago.

Talk It Up! 5th Annual Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD | August 17, 2020

This September marks the ACR’s fifth annual Rheumatic Disease Awareness Month (RDAM), which is designed to build support and advocate for patients with rheumatic diseases. This year’s theme, “My disease may be invisible, but I’m not,” emphasizes patients’ personal experiences…

EULAR & ACR COVID-19 Recommendations: How to Manage Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thomas R. Collins | June 23, 2020

ACR & EULAR recommendations for the treatment of patients with rheumatic illness during the COVID-19 pandemic are explored…

Advocacy in a COVID-19 America

Ellen M. Gravallese, MD | June 15, 2020

These are truly extraordinary times. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the rheumatology community, both providers and patients, in many ways, and our advocacy efforts are now more important than ever to ensure policymakers hear us and help address the issues facing our community. As with so many things during this pandemic, we are reimagining advocacy…

The COVID-19 Infection Inflammation Equation

Candice Reyes, MD, RhMSUS | May 14, 2020

The uncertainty is certain Let us draw up the curtain Unmask this serial killer’s intention. Attack of its clones gone viral Made distancing societal Disrupting every human convention. Humble hydroxychloroquine Now forced into the scene Telehealth bridges our care. Drive-thru testing PPE and sanitizing Social media fills the air. But let’s not be deceived This…