{"id":41276,"date":"2020-04-02T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T14:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=41276"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:52:32","slug":"covid-19-and-autoimmune-disease-jonas-answers-questions-about-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/covid-19-and-autoimmune-disease-jonas-answers-questions-about-medications\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Autoimmune Disease, Jonas Answers Questions About Medications"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29181\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"beth-jonas\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685-600x562.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685-301x282.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/04\/Dr-Beth-Jonas-9-182rtt2-e1566941623685.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Beth Jonas, MD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/beth-l-jonas-md\/\">Beth Jonas<\/a>, MD, chief of the division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology, was interviewed for an article in\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcentral.com\/article\/coronavirus-and-autoimmune-disease\">Health Central,<\/a> answering questions about autoimmune disease medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that have been shown to increase the risk of certain viral infections. 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