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Editorial in A&R: Interferon with Still Disease and the Treatment Conundrum By exploring the role for IFN-I in SD and SD-LD, Ombrello and colleagues have advanced the science/knowledge for this rare condition. While many of the correlations were made using a single timepoint analysis of ISG-28 scores in largely refractory SD patients, the genetic underpinnings support a role for IFN-I in a subset of SD individuals doi.org/10.1002/art.70…

@Zeeshan_Patel20 @RMCHosp @rob_wynn_TdF Proud of you Zeeshan! 😊

Second poster at #EBMT2026 Madrid!! This work wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing RMCH team 🙏! @RMCHosp @rob_wynn_TdF Thanks to everyone who stopped by for the discussions!

Nervous system regulation: Unrushed walks, coffee, and intellectual conversations

This diagram shows the suggested diagnostic approach to disorders associated with eosinophilia. To learn more, read the latest Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital (@MassGeneralNews): https://nej.md/463iKqj

I can’t get over her voice 🤍 @abeernehme In celebration of the women who defined the Golden Era of Arabic music #WomensDay @RoyalAlbertHall

@Metallica @DrKanaris Orion

"Master of Puppets" was released 40 years ago #OnThisDay! What's your favorite song on the album?

The helpful editor pulling an all nighter with me. The meows were statistically significant

In the latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken, the REGENCY trial investigating the efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab when added to standard therapy in patients with active proliferative lupus nephritis is explained. Access the article for free: nej.md/DrG20

@maferradastrong just finished listening to Talking Rheumatology podcast episode: a spotlight on relapsing polychondritis Such an inspiring, humble, enthusiastic physician thank you for sharing your story, I really enjoyed listening to you! @RheumatologyUK

This is incredibly worrying news. Measles is a highly contagious and dangerous virus. It can cause severe complications such as deafness, brain damage and death – and young children under five are particularly vulnerable. Measles is also one of the most highly infectious viruses. Spending just 15 minutes in direct contact with someone infected with measles is enough to catch it yourself. This outbreak is likely to be linked to low levels of MMR vaccination in the capital – which is itself a tragedy because these patents are trying to protect their children from harm, fearful that the disinformation spread by antivaxxers may be true. If you are a parent who feels worried about the MMR, please, I urge you, read the excellent, evidence-based NHS information on MMR by searching for "NHS" and "MMR". I promise you, as an experienced doctor who cares more about patient safety than anything, that I would never encourage use of a medicine whose safety did not vastly outstrip its potential risks (which, for MMR, are very rare – and, most notably, large scale trials have shown the vaccine to have no demonstrable link whatsoever to autism). Please also consider reading the author Roald Dahl’s heartbreaking account of the death of his daughter, Olivia, aged 7, from measles, which I have shared in the images below in full. In the agony of his grief, all he wanted to do was save other parents from such suffering by encouraging them to get their children vaccinated: “Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old… I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. “Are you feeling all right?” I asked her. “I feel all sleepy,” she said. In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.” - Roald Dahl Please share. Thank you 🙏

Super tiring day, today’s wins though ▪️Aspirated 44 ml of synovial fluid from a knee ▪️Injected an elbow ▪️Met one of the doctors I look up to in the field and she was just lovely

The NHS childhood vaccination schedule has recently been updated. Changes include protecting children against some diseases earlier and adding vaccines that protect against more diseases. Our latest blog post covers everything you need to know: bit.ly/49dpra0

Joined an art group to sketch at Victoria and Albert museum I started with this cast without reading the description plate. Turns out he’s a physician 😊 with a magnificent beard!

That’s a wrap! Thanks BSR and Leeds team for organising a wonderful 2-day course this year @RheumatologyUK

Paediatric Rheumatology Trainees Annual Meeting in Leeds. Excellent topics, stimulating discussions, and a lovely social to end Day 1 on a high note #BSR

@chriswincup Not commissioned through NHS but available through medicines for children policy? I’m going through the statement published 19 Jan 2026

Wonderful news to start 2026 with! Access to Obinutuzumab has been granted for patients living with lupus nephritis! nice.org.uk/news/articles/…

Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune condition that causes the body to produce excess collagen, leading to hardening and tightening of the skin. In children, it often appears as patches or bands of firm skin. Timely treatment can help prevent long-term complications. #eularPAED

@TheRoyalExMcr ❤️

✨ Wrapping up the weekend under Manchester lights 🌃 📸@richardstorey_photography

@ACR_Journals Excited to discuss this study in journal club this week! 😃

Results from the phase 3 TULIP-SC trial of subcutaneous anifrolumab for moderate/severe SLE showed comparable efficacy with intravenous anifrolumab, offering potential for at-home administration and increased treatment accessibility A&R doi.org/10.1002/art.70…