Patient-reported fatigue is high in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and often goes under-recognized by physicians. Fatigue importantly impacts physical functioning, work productivity, and health related quality of life (HRQoL).

A population-based study from Ontario, Canada suggests an increased mortality risk in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a recent report in Arthritis Care & Research. A health administrative data study looked at 22,677 GCA patients (≥50 years of age) compared to an age matched population for mortality rates between 2000 and 2018. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were estimated.

MMWR recently reviewed the epidemiology and characteristics of U.S. monkeypox cases seen between May and July 2022. They found that 99% of cases occurred in men, 94% of whom reported recent male-to-male sexual or close intimate contact.  Current outbreak-associated cases are less likely to have a prodrome and more likely to have genital involvement and racial and ethnic minority groups appear to be disproportionately affected.