As millions of Americans struggle to recover from COVID and millions more scramble for the protection offered by vaccines, U.S. health officials may be overlooking an unsettling subgroup of survivors: those who get infected more than once.
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Four major medical societies issued a joint statement of principles on safe use of hydroxychloroquine from the perspective of ocular toxicity.
The American College of Rheumatology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Dermatology, and the Rheumatologic Dermatology Society have together emphasized that HCQ is an important drug for several rheumatic diseases and is safe at recommended doses and with ocular screening. The goal of retinal screening is to safely maintain the use of this valuable medication for as long as possible for patients with rheumatic diseases, including cutaneous manifestations of rheumatic diseases, stated James T. Rosenbaum, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, and colleagues in
Kaitlyn Romoser first caught Covid-19 in March, likely on a trip to Denmark and Sweden, just as the scope of the pandemic was becoming clear. Romoser, who is 23 and a laboratory researcher in College Station, Texas, tested positive and had a few days of mild, coldlike symptoms.
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