Michigan hospital to study COVID-19 vaccine in people with severe allergies
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Kristy Smyth, a registered nurse with Michigan Medicine, injects Joseph Mazzola with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Jack Roth Clubhouse at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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A clinical trial is underway to evaluate whether individuals who have a history of serious allergies or mast cell disorders possess a greater risk of reaction to COVID-19 vaccines.
The national study kicked off Wednesday, April 7, in Ann Arbor as Michigan Medicine researchers began vaccinating the first volunteers in a carefully controlled setting using trained allergists. The health system is one of 35 academic allergy research centers partaking in the study across the country.
University of Michigan set to study allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan s health system, will lead the first national study on allergic reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the health system announced Wednesday.
The clinical trials will be the first to examine whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are at greater risk of having a reaction to an mRNA-based vaccine. The two-dose vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna are the first to be based on mRNA technology.
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