JAMA Insights on Chikungunya (affects 35 million worldwide) - mosquito-borne alphavirus seen in tropics, also travelers. Dz char by fever, disabling polyarthritis; less rash, HA, myalgia, N/V, conjunctivitis; rarely myocarditis. https://t.co/Fa3cHygc4W https://t.co/jmh2WjOcI5

Advanced Practice Rheum: Still's Disease and Fever https://t.co/P3qbGYll8y https://t.co/6EAoVWimSI

Registry of 587 #SLE pts. 30% were RNP+ --> more dz activity than RNP- (SLEDAI-2 8.0 vs 4.0) and more Rx use (daily GC 6.8 vs 3 mg). RNP+  more renal, skin & serologic activity & less likely to LLDAS (20% vs 32%) or REM (12% vs 23%). RNP + 18-fold more likely to be Sm+ https://t.co/3J0Uew48OS

PTPN22 1858C>T allele, seen in 5-15% NAmerica, often assoc. w/ autoimmune dz risk. BUT...PNAS shows Ptpn22 augments innate immunity and enhances NK activity against coronavirus infection https://t.co/1AMTuOXtoT https://t.co/9f3JdimJsG

Chronic Low Back Pain Disappointments in a Randomized Trial Annals of Internal Medicine reports that patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) may benefit from physical therapy (PT); but when that fails, other secondary measures (cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or https://t.co/17JObbXz5U

Vitamin D in Rheumatic Disease - Is It Good Enough? Vitamin D in rheumatic disease — is it sufficient? Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is common and linked to inflammatory rheumatic diseases, raising the question of whether low vitamin D drives immune dysregulation, disease https://t.co/CLBFii2TbR

🚨 SAVE THE DATE June 3–6, 2026 RheumNow is bringing you real-time coverage of #EULAR2026 👉 Breaking data 👉 Late-breakers 👉 Global expert insights Don’t miss a moment. #Rheumatology https://t.co/hqmIdeoS4H

Femoral BMD & osteoporosis are independent predictors (nverse relationship) of all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women. NHANES study(2005-2018) of 2,977 postmenopausal F, OP yielded 47% incr mortality (HR 1.47) https://t.co/67Jv63X0Hx https://t.co/4vbFDydTY7

APR: Still's Disease Companion slide deck for the Advanced Practice Rheum: Still's Disease and Fever video, featuring Dr. Jack Cush. https://t.co/wsUP2zEulC https://t.co/AWSNt9Uzlg

Influential Rheumatoid Factors (5.8.2026) Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow. https://t.co/BaugLQEIai https://t.co/WdWXAfB5lk

Parvovirus B19 Infection - Images from JAMA Dermatology. 40yoM 2-days asymptomatic rash w/ fever to 39°C, w/ arthralgias, Rash on BL cheeks, inguinal, flanks, axilla. WBC =2K, CRP 1.24 mg/dl. Dx by PCR for parvovirus B19 DNA https://t.co/LGGnabvFvA https://t.co/yyBF9pEGls

Predictors of renal crisis & pulm. arterial HTN (PAH) in systemic sclerosis - retrospect. study of 234 SSc pts; 7.3% had PAH & SRC. PAH may precede overlap w/ SRC. SSc w/ both at hi risk for GI bleed (OR 9.5). SRC+PAH assoc w/ Older age, elevated NT-proBNP https://t.co/MsaiPdcDrb https://t.co/CyMrL8izxP