The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has caused an unprecedented global …

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted solid organ transplantation (SOT).
Early in the outbreak period, transplant societies recommended suspending living kidney …

Novel mRNA-based vaccines have been proven to be powerful tools in combating the
global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, with BNT162b2 (trade name: Comirnaty) …

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease (COVID–19) has resulted in the death of more
than 3.5 million people worldwide. While COVID–19 mostly affects the lungs, different …

The COVID-19 pandemic has profound adverse effects on the population on dialysis.
Patients requiring dialysis are at an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality …

The first emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines were granted by the Food
and Drug Administration in December 2020, and clinical trials for the approval of more …

Results After the first vaccine dose, four of 22 (18%) patients on dialysis compared with 43 of
46 (93%) healthy controls developed positive anti-S1 IgG, with a median anti-S1 IgG index …

Data from hepatitis B1 and influenza vaccination2 studies indicate blunted and
foreshortened response to immunization in patients receiving dialysis, raising the worrisome …

Importance Adults receiving dialysis treatment have a higher likelihood of death when
infected with SARS-CoV-2 than adults not receiving dialysis treatment. To date, the immune …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is causing extreme stress to many
health systems and an evermounting death toll. Out of the darkness of the last 14 months …