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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of contracting COVID-19, as well as hospitalization and death associated with the virus, according to a study. ...

Rheum Round-up: RA Increases Risk of COVID-19, Hospitalization, Death; Predicting PsO Outcomes; and

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