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Tag: Amr Sawalha

LRA-Funded Researchers Share Important Discoveries at Largest Rheumatology Meeting

November 19, 2020 The Lupus Research Alliance supported an impressive number — 30+ — of studies presented at ACR Convergence 2020, this year’s meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. Each year, researchers are selected to share their discoveries in talks and poster sessions, allowing medical professionals to keep up to date with the latest […] Read More

Why People with Lupus Must be More Careful Amid COVID-19

June 9, 2020 This may be hard to believe–since we are currently so immersed in the current pandemic—but COVID-19 and the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2, are still brand new. As such, there are many things we don’t know about it yet. But one thing that has been pretty clear from the outset is that […] Read More

Lupus and COVID-19: What You Need to Know – LIVE WEBCAST May 21 at 6 PM ET

Since the arrival of the novel coronavirus, lupus and the most prescribed drug used to treat it – hydroxychloroquine – have been thrust into the public spotlight despite the mounting scientific evidence that drug does not appear to improve clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. What has been talked about less is what the impact […] Read More