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Over Half of People with Lupus Would Take COVID-19 Vaccine, Shows LRA Survey

Updated January 4, 2021 New York, NY– December 16, 2020. More than half of people with lupus (54%) are willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine if it is free and determined safe by scientists according to results of a survey conducted by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). However, it is important to note that 24% […] Read More

COVID-19 Caused Hydroxychloroquine Issues for Third of Lupus Patients, New LRA Survey Finds

NEW YORK, NY, May 28, 2020. More than one third of people with lupus experienced significant issues filling their hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) prescriptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a new survey conducted by the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA). Hydroxychloroquine shortages in March and April coincided with early data broadly reported in the media […] Read More

Study Finds Booster Vaccine Significantly Lowered COVID-19 Infection Risk Among People with Lupus

July 14, 2022 The booster dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine significantly enhanced the degree of protection from COVID-19 infections for people with systemic lupus erythematosus according to a new study reported in The Lancet Rheumatology. People with lupus have been shown to be at high risk for COVID-19 due to the malfunction of their immune […] Read More

Update from the LRA About CDC Recommendations on Third COVID-19 Vaccine for Immunocompromised Patients

August 13, 2021 – 4:45 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously to recommend, and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD subsequently approved, that people with moderately to severely weakened immune systems receive a third dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. The CDC defined the […] Read More

LRA Response to FDA Authorization of Booster Vaccine for Certain Immunocompromised People

August 13, 2021 As you have probably heard on the news, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted late last night Emergency Use Authorization of a booster third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for “some people who are immunocompromised — specifically, solid organ transplant recipients or those who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered […] Read More

Vaccines and Lupus: What to Know Amid COVID-19

January 14, 2021 LRA’s President and CEO Kenneth Farber taped this video series – Vaccines and Lupus: What to Know Amid COVID-19 – to explain what vaccines do, how the new COVID-19 vaccine technologies work, and what the LRA is doing to address questions on the safety of these new vaccines for people with lupus. […] Read More

Update from LRA’s President on COVID-19 Vaccines in Lupus

January 14, 2020 Dear Friends, Happy New Year! On behalf of all of us at the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA), thank you so much for your kindness and generosity in 2020 and prior years. 2021 starts off with some exciting milestones for the lupus community including a new treatment for lupus nephritis. But Recently, our […] Read More

New COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance and Planned Research

Important news for people with lupus as COVID-19 vaccines are on everyone’s minds. The foremost authority in rheumatologic diseases, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recently issued the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance. Developed by a panel of rheumatologists, specialists in infectious disease and public health experts, the Guidance aims to help healthcare providers make decisions with their […] Read More

Third Vaccine Shield Against COVID-19 Rolling Out March 1, 2021

March 1, 2021 Americans gained a third weapon against COVID-19 this weekend with the availability of a third vaccine. On February 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Emergency Use Authorization to the new vaccine from Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson to prevent COVID-19 in adults age 18 and older. The […] Read More

Your Opinion Matters to Protect the Health of People with Lupus

October 22, 2020 To take or not to take the COVID-19 vaccine when one is available — that is the question on everyone’s minds, and we need all of your answers to accurately represent people with lupus and their supporters! As coronavirus vaccines are being developed and tested, the Lupus Research Alliance recently convened a […] Read More