General Information Archives

November 14, 2023

What We Know and Don’t Know About COVID-19 and Other Infections for Those with CLL

Here is a list of personal reflections on what we know and don’t know about COVID-19 and other infections that all immunocompromised folks might want to consider moving forward into the brave new world of increased respiratory infection risk.

August 16, 2023

Why, When, How, and What to Ask Healthcare Workers so They Can Protect You Now That Universal Masking in Healthcare Settings Has Ended

Now that most healthcare settings have lifted mask requirements, we must be active in asking for the protections we need and are entitled to.

July 14, 2023

What the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means for Immunocompromised Individuals

With the rest of the world moving on from the pandemic, individuals who are immunocompromised, which includes all those with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma regardless of treatment status, can no longer rely on the larger community’s measures to lower their risk of exposure to COVID-19

February 23, 2023

Dr. Brian Koffman Discusses Shared Decision Making and COVID-19 Management on the Cancer Buzz Podcast

Dr. Brian Koffman explains why shared decision making is particularly important in CLL / SLL at every decision point throughout the course of the disease, and how the pandemic has radically changed the world for CLL patients.

May 24, 2022

Things About COVID-19 That We Don’t Know Yet!

There are many important questions that remain unanswered about COVID-19. This is mainly because there is no data to guide us yet.

March 10, 2022

CLL Society’s Recent COVID-19 Advocacy Efforts

CLL Society has signed on to the efforts led by the Immune Deficiency Foundation to advocate on behalf of the entire immunocompromised community to “Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics.”

March 8, 2022

What Not To Say To Immunocompromised People Right Now

We need to help the immunocompetent appreciate the world we live in with a cancer of the immune system. We need to build bridges of understanding between those who are celebrating the end of COVID-19 restrictions and those who still live in fear.

February 21, 2022

Health Professional Radio: Dr. Koffman Discusses Our Vulnerability and Possible Solutions

CLL Society’s own Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brian Koffman, returns to the radio to beat the drum about those with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL / SLL) and others who are immunocompromised (IC) remain at increased risk for severe outcomes with COVID-19.

December 27, 2021

Sad News: Prominent Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Expert, Dr. Steven Coutre, Dies from Complications of COVID-19 and CLL at 62 Years Old on November 9, 2021

Many readers knew Dr. Coutre as an important CLL / SLL researcher, and as an excellent, compassionate clinician at Stanford in Palo Alto, California. I also knew him as a great teacher, both lecturing to fellow physicians and to patients, and I was lucky to share the podium with him a

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General Information

What We Know and Don’t Know About COVID-19 and Other Infections for Those with CLL

Why, When, How, and What to Ask Healthcare Workers so They Can Protect You Now That Universal Masking in Healthcare Settings Has Ended

What the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means for Immunocompromised Individuals

Dr. Brian Koffman Discusses Shared Decision Making and COVID-19 Management on the Cancer Buzz Podcast

Things About COVID-19 That We Don’t Know Yet!

CLL Society’s Recent COVID-19 Advocacy Efforts

What Not To Say To Immunocompromised People Right Now

Health Professional Radio: Dr. Koffman Discusses Our Vulnerability and Possible Solutions

Sad News: Prominent Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Expert, Dr. Steven Coutre, Dies from Complications of COVID-19 and CLL at 62 Years Old on November 9, 2021

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