Even if they’re fully vaccinated, multiple myeloma patients still have an increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared with people without cancer, according to a study looking at data from more than 500,000 individuals in the U.S. Called breakthrough infections, these post-vaccination illnesses from SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — also were associated with a higher risk of all-cause hospitalization among myeloma patients. “The overall risk of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections was 15.4% in the…
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