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IMAGE: In correspondence published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital note that Phase 3 clinical data from the Moderna vaccine trial did show delayed skin. view more
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BOSTON - As the speed and scale of vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 virus ramps up globally, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are calling for greater awareness and communication around a delayed injection-site reaction that can occur in some patients who have received the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine.
In a letter to the editor published online in The
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the authors note Phase 3 clinical data from the Moderna vaccine trial did show delayed skin hypersensitivity in a small number of the more than 30,000 trial participants. However, the authors say the large, red, sometimes raised, itchy or painful skin reactions were never fully characterized or expla