The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is now recommending that Canadians wait for an mRNA vaccine if they can rather than take the first COVID vaccine they can get (www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization/national-advisory-committee-on-immunization-naci/recommendations-use-covid-19-vaccines.html). Read More
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MS Clinics Network updates COVID vaccine guidance
May 3, 2021The Canadian Network of MS Clinics has updated its COVID vaccine recommendations following a report of a reduced vaccine response in MS patients receiving fingolimod or ocrelizumab (see Few vaccine responders with fingolimod, ocrelizumab, NeuroSens, April 23, 2021). Read More
Thrombotic risk and COVID-19 vaccines: new data and disputes
April 29, 2021An Oxford University study reports that the incidence of a rare clotting complication, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST or CVT), is significantly higher with COVID-19 infection compared to after COVID-19 vaccination (Taquet et al. OSF preprint, 14 April 2021; https://osf.io/a9jdq/). The study has not been peer reviewed. Read More
Are trial data generalizable to MS population?
April 27, 2021An analysis of patients in the German MS Register has found that 83% of real-world patients would not have met inclusion/exclusion criteria for entry in a trial of disease-modifying therapies (Jalusic et al. Mult Scler 2021; epublished January 20, 2021). Read More