COVID-19 booster vaccination is safe and effective in immunosuppressed patients: Patients under immunosuppressive therapy, who do not respond to primary COVID-19 vaccination, have an increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease courses. Until now, it was not clear whether those patients at risk can benefit from an additional booster vaccination. Recent research findings from MedUni Vienna show that a third vaccination is safe and effective in those patients who were initially unable to produce antibodies after vaccination. The study was recently published in the acclaimed journal “Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases”. Even after two vaccinations, patients receiving immunosuppressive treatment for autoimmune

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