by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Myocarditis, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed, is a rare complication that can occur after mRNA COVID vaccination. It’s estimated that roughly 18 cases occur in every 1 million vaccine doses administered, making it so rare that it is challenging to find cases to...
By Suchandrima Bhowmik Dec 28 2021 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Several studies have indicated an association between COVID-19 vaccination and myocarditis. In addition, evidence from several countries suggested exposure to the BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine was associated with acute myocarditis. Furthermore, an increase in hospitalization or death due to myocarditis has been reported against...
Hello everyone, This is a follow up email regarding new program called MTM. I hired a pharmacist Dr. Rebecca Choi PharmD clinical pharmacist who helps medication management. This is become necessary because of the overburdening pharmacist due to COVID it used to be that pharmacist would take time to check for drug interactions and with...
Jeff Evans September 16, 2021 Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis in remission had a rate of flare following vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine that appears to be on par with rates seen with other vaccines in patients with RA, according to results from a small Italian...
by Michael E. Newman, Johns Hopkins University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers recently reported that while two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it isn’t sufficient to enable them to dispense with masks, physical distancing, and other safety measures....
