CLL Society in the News
CLL Society in the News
Medical and general news reports frequently feature CLL Society as a trusted information source and an authoritative voice of CLL patients’ concerns. When CLL Society surfaces in the news, we share it here.
FEATURED NEWS
February 2, 2023
USA Today Links the Immunocompromised to CLL Society’s COVID-19 Action Plan
In their 1/28/2023 article: Weak immune system? Government offers advice to help at-risk people avoid COVID-19 infections in the wake of the FDA’s withdrawal of Evusheld’s emergency authorization as it was ineffective for over 90% of the active SARS-CoV-2 variants of concerns, USA Today urges the immunocompromised to have a plan in place and links to CLL Society’s COVID-19 Action Plan as a helpful resource.
November 14, 2022
Many Patients with Weak Immune Systems Don’t Realize Their COVID-19 Medicine Isn’t as Effective as It Used to Be
CNN interviewed CLL Society’s Dr. Brian Koffman and Robyn Brumble, RN, among others, to gain perspective on the significance of the diminishing susceptibility of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOC) to Evusheld. Evusheld is the only Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) available for the immunocompromised, which includes all of those with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).
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