Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine safe for patients with familial Mediterranean fever

The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 is safe for patients with familial Mediterranean fever, according to data published in Rheumatology.
The researchers additionally concluded that patients with the disease can receive the vaccine via the same guidelines as the general population.
“Evidence suggests a possible association between the COVID-19 vaccine and autoimmune disease flares or new onset of various autoinflammatory manifestations, such as pericarditis and myocarditis,” Ilan Ben-Zvi, MD, head of the Department of Internal Medicine F at the Sheba Medical Center, in

The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 is safe for patients with familial Mediterranean fever, according to data published in Rheumatology.
The researchers additionally concluded that patients with the disease can receive the vaccine via the same guidelines as the general population.
“Evidence suggests a possible association between the COVID-19 vaccine and autoimmune disease flares or new onset of various autoinflammatory manifestations, such as pericarditis and myocarditis,” Ilan Ben-Zvi, MD, head of the Department of Internal Medicine F at the Sheba Medical Center, in