Background: Researchers across the globe have continued their effort in identifying important risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection. Patient demographics including age, race, gender, and certain chronic medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure have been identified as the important risk factors for severity. To simply the risk stratification process, the CHA2DS2-VASc [...]

Case Presentation: A 50-year-old African American female with a history of mixed connective tissue disorder with positive ANA titer, speckled pattern 1:1280, and spindle apparatus pattern 1:640, presented with worsening dyspnea, numbness, and weakness of both lower extremities. Two days prior she received the first dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and later developed nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and anorexia.   In the emergency department, patient was found to have an elevated blood pressure of [...]

Case Presentation: Here is a case report that describes an immunized immunocompetent 17-year-old male who presented with acute onset sharp migratory poly-articular pain and swelling as a solitary complaint that began in the left hip and right wrist associated with night sweats and difficult ambulation. Fever and other systemic symptoms were absent. Upon initial work-up, [...]