We will be welcoming GHIC Chairperson Dr Arvind Kaul for a live Q&A on 23rd September at 3:45pm! Comment any questions you would like answered down below and be sure to tune in on our Facebook, Twitter or YouTube channel!

Preprint UK study suggests after 2 covid vaccines, 89% immunosuppressed patients (inc. Rheumatoid, Psoriatic Arthritis, Vasculitis) make covid antibodies (healthy controls 100%). In 40% of immunosuppressed, antibody levels are lower. Worse response if Rituximab used to treat.

Hot off the press! Is there a link between APS antibodies and covid? Authors feel APS antibodies in covid thrombosis are likely bystanders. It's recognised APS antibodies associate with infections, a reason why we test twice 12 weeks apart https://t.co/jT1INgRRLP via @flipsnack

Could you help set up a new GHIC Support Group? If you have personal experience of Antiphospholipid (Hughes) Syndrome (APS)and skills to run a support group, please contact us on hello@ghicworld.org with ‘GHIC APS Support Groups' in the subject line. We value your help!

Are you burnt out at 40? 50? Well, if you have a chance, go and see Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms exhibition at Tate Modern…still working and producing great art…age 92!

Good article in ARD suggests immunogenicity to covid vaccine in people with autoimmune inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases is affected by older age, Rituximab, MMF, abatacept...and our old friends, steroids. Most did not flare post vaccination which tallies with clinical experience

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis risk with Pfizer or Moderna covid vaccines 4.1 per million vs previous estimates for AZ Oxford 5.0 per million, far LESS than with covid infection (39 per million). For APS, reassurance: any vaccine better than covid.

A Danish study published yesterday in respected journal The Lancet found the AstraZeneca covid vaccine is NOT associated with an increased risk of thrombosis. Good news for APS patients and those concerned about side effects mentioned in the press recently

Thousands of people march through London in support of GHIC....ok ok that’s fake news! But you can show your support for GHIC and APS patients at https://t.co/Wj4qmXpglj, that’s the truth!

Your Questions Answered: AstraZeneca Vaccine https://t.co/w0Yr344l6L via @FacebookWatch

A really easy way to raise funds for GHIC from the comfort of your own home. Simple to make a quick account with Easyfundraising, and you raise pennies and pounds with your online shopping at no expense to yourself!

.@UniofOxford researchers suggest that vaccines may be more effective against variants than previously thought

Good news confirming no evidence found of thrombosis with the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in rigorous review by medicines regulator MHRA

See the GHIC statement on the AstraZeneca covid vaccine and thrombosis

See the GHIC statement on covid vaccines and thrombosis

For those APS patients worried about the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and it’s temporary suspension in some EU countries, GHIC’s view is the evidence so far available suggests the vaccine is not associated with increased risk of thrombosis. Full statement to follow.