Full vaccination cuts the risk for all-cause mortality for breakthrough severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among chronic liver disease (CLD) patients with cirrhosis by two-thirds, according to a study published in the March issue of Hepatology. Jin Ge, M.D., from the University of California in San Francisco, and colleagues used data from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative to identify 278,457 CLD patients with or without cirrhosis who had SARS-CoV-2 testing. Source: Advances and More licensed by HealthDay

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