May 2022 Arthritis News Roundup
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- May 31, 2022  |  The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month.   Want arthritis news daily? You’re in luck. Coming this summer, important news that affects you will be found online — so you won’t have to wait for a monthly email to learn about the latest advancements in treatments, the newest study findings, important COVID updates and more. Stay tuned for our launch announcement coming soon.    The Latest in COVID-19 News & Ar ..read more
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April 2022 Arthritis News Roundup 
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- May 6, 2022  |  This Arthritis Awareness Month, look out for Arthritis Foundation billboards in select cities across the U.S. as we work to raise awareness about arthritis and the nearly 60 million people it affects. Journey with us to find the resources and support you need to thrive. The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month.     The Latest in COVID-19 News & Arthritis   White House Says COVID Treatment Paxlovid Going ..read more
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March 2022 Arthritis News Roundup
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- March 29, 2022  |  The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month.   The Latest in COVID-19 News & Arthritis  Know Your COVID-19 Community Level  The CDC recently unveiled COVID-19 Community Levels, a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions and the total number of new COV ..read more
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February 2022 Monthly News Roundup
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- March 1, 2022  |  The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month.     The Latest in COVID-19 News & Arthritis  Updated Guidance for Vaccination in Rheumatology Patients As rheumatologists contend with vaccine hesitancy among certain subsets of patients, the American College of Rheumatology has released updated clinical guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, including new recom ..read more
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Vim Champion: Tiffany Coffman
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- October 11, 2021  |  As an arthritis patient and longtime Arthritis Foundation volunteer, Tiffany has found ways to give back — and to encourage others. She also recommends trying the new Vim app. By Tiffany Coffman, Denver, Colorado I’ve raised two children with arthritis and battle four kinds of the disease myself. I take 36 pills a day, from my prescribed disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to over-the-counter pain meds. Honestly, it’s been tough at times, but we’ve gotten through it all, thanks in large part to the many friends we’ve made in the arthritis community o ..read more
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October 2021 Arthritis News Roundup
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- October 27, 2021  |  The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month. The latest in COVID-19 News & Arthritis FDA Committee Greenlights COVID Vaccines for Young Kids The Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted by a majority to authorize the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID vaccine for children ages 5 through 11. Read the latest. FDA Authorizes Booster ..read more
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A New and Better You With Mind Body Stress Reduction
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- October 22, 2021  |  A New and Better You With Mind Body Stress Reduction By Lauren Brooke Have you ever desired to transport your mind’s energy to a state of calmness and tranquility? If you answered yes, then MBSR might be the right journey for you to embark upon. MBSR stands for mind body stress reduction, and as a participant, I can say it certainly is. The MBSR course, originally developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the 1970s by professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, is designed for participants to become aware of the mind-body connection and through the various p ..read more
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November 2021 Arthritis News Roundup 
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- November 30, 2021  |  The Arthritis Foundation is your trusted source for arthritis-related news and COVID updates that affect people with arthritis. Here’s a wrap-up of the headlines from this past month.     American College of Rheumatology Research Highlights  The 2021 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence conference was recently held, gathering researchers, clinicians and patients alike for a week of knowledge sharing to advance treatments, understanding and approaches to managing various rheumatic diseases.  Read t ..read more
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State Advocacy Recap for Q3 2021
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- November 29, 2021  |  State Advocacy Recap for Q3 2021 The third quarter of 2021 has ended so we wanted to take a moment to recap some great victories and opportunities still available for Advocates to take action. Thank you to every single Advocate who has taken action on bills in 2021. Each action from you helps us get one step closer to another victory! Victories The first victory that we are proud to report is the most recent. On October 9th (yes, technically in Quarter 4, but we are too excited to wait), California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 347 into law. The A ..read more
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Celebrating Everyday Wins
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- December 13, 2021  |  Having been diagnosed with arthritis at age one, Lisa Bloom doesn’t let arthritis define her. A challenging childhood “It doesn’t define who you are.” This is how Lisa Bloom describes arthritis. That’s a pretty amazing thing to say, considering she’s had it as long as she can remember. “My journey with arthritis started when I was about one year old,” Lisa explains. “Evidently (since I don't remember) I had started walking…and then I stopped. My parents took me to a series of doctors and eventually ended up at the Mayo clinic.” That’s where she was diagnosed ..read more
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