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What is Autoimmune Disease?
- AUTOIMMUNE VS AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE
  
  A Comparative Look
  
  Autoimmune disease (AD) and autoinflammatory disease (AIF) are two categories of illnesses that occur when the immune system mistakenly damages healthy cells. Although these inflammatory disorders share many commonalities, there are key features that make them unique.
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  Autoimmune diseases (AD) occur when the immune system attacks the body’s own healthy cells. There are 80-100 known autoimmune diseases and counting, affecting more than 14 million Americans.
  AUTOIMMUNE VS AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE
  
  A Comparative Look
  
  Autoimmune disease (AD) and autoinflammatory disease (AIF) are two categories of illnesses that occur when the immune system mistakenly damages healthy cells. Although these inflammatory disorders share many commonalities, there are key features that make them unique.
  
  Read Our Article
Resources & Support
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  Find Hope in Your Health Journey
  
  The Autoimmune & Chronic Illness Toolkit includes journal templates, resource lists, guidance for doctor appointments, tips on communication, and many more tools to support and empower you throughout your experience.
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  Browse our resource lists and information via the links below.
  FREE RESOURCE
  
  Find Hope in Your Health Journey
  
  The Autoimmune & Chronic Illness Toolkit includes journal templates, resource lists, guidance for doctor appointments, tips on communication, and many more tools to support and empower you throughout your experience.
  
  Get Our Guide
Education & Research
- HIGHLIGHTED PARTNERSHIP
  
  GAI is proud to fund the Raising Celiac podcast from the Celiac Disease Program at Boston Children’s Hospital
  
  Each episode features education, awareness and research on celiac disease in connection with other autoimmune conditions, including expert interviews on how these autoimmune diseases co-exist.
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  We support autoimmune disease research, awareness, and education. We fund clinical research, scientific investigations, multidisciplinary medicine, and educational resources, including podcasts and webinars.
  HIGHLIGHTED PARTNERSHIP
  
  GAI is proud to fund the Raising Celiac podcast from the Celiac Disease Program at Boston Children’s Hospital
  
  Each episode features education, awareness and research on celiac disease in connection with other autoimmune conditions, including expert interviews on how these autoimmune diseases co-exist.
  
  View Podcast
About Us
- SPREADING AWARENESS
  
  We were proud to sponsor Nature Magazine’s July 2021 Outlook on Autoimmune Disease
  
  Learn more about GAI's work, autoimmune risk factors, research advances, and more!
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  The Global Autoimmune Institute is empowering solutions in the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disease (AD) through research, education, and validation while supporting multidisciplinary approaches to wellness.
  SPREADING AWARENESS
  
  We were proud to sponsor Nature Magazine’s July 2021 Outlook on Autoimmune Disease
  
  Learn more about GAI’s work, autoimmune risk factors, research advances, and more!
  
  Read Our Feature
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AstraZeneca

Adenovirus Vaccines Shown to Have Hematological Side Effect Concerns

April 13, 2021

As of yesterday, 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) vaccine have been administered throughout the United States. As of today, the CDC and FDA announced that they are reviewing six reported cases of a rare severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the vaccine” and are recommending a pause in the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine until a more thorough investigation can be conducted. The CDC will convene a meeting of the Advisory Committee on immunization practices (ACIP) tomorrow, Wednesday, April 14th, to further review these cases and assess their potential significance, and this analysis will also be reviewed by the FDA.

Changing Vaccine Manufacturers Between Doses

April 2, 2021

The UK has established a vaccine protocol allowing patients to receive their first and second vaccine doses from different manufacturers. This is permissible if a second dose of the vaccine is unavailable or the manufacturer of the first dose is unknown. Currently, the only vaccines authorized for emergency use in the UK are by Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca.

Astrazeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates 76% Efficacy

March 26, 2021

AstraZeneca has released an updated statement revealing their vaccine demonstrates 76% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19 and 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19 and hospitalization. They previously stated a 79% efficacy based on data through February 17, 2021. Experts credit this discrepancy to a rounding error.

NIH Releases Statement Regarding AstraZeneca Vaccine

March 23, 2021

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) published a news release today regarding AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial, after being notified by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board that outdated information “may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data” (1). Which information is outdated has not been specifically disclosed. This statement was released one day after the NIH published a media advisory that the investigational AstraZeneca vaccine prevents COVID-19.

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