204. COVID-19 and NMOSD

For this ABCs of NMOSD podcast, "COVID-19 and NMOSD," GG deFiebre of SRNA is joined by Dr. Michael Levy from Harvard Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Levy begins by explaining the risk associated with COVID-19 for someone diagnosed with NMOSD, and how medications such as rituximab may impact them. He discusses the current COVID-19 vaccines available and what people with NMOSD should know about receiving one. He talks about the protocol for relapses that occur during the pandemic and the first line treatments that are used after an attack. Finally, he provides information on whether COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 vaccines have caused relapses or new cases of NMOSD, and he reveals the research that is currently being conducted on this subject.