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-padding--vertical -padding--horizontal"> <div class="layout-columns__main__content"> <ul class="content-tease__list"> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <p class="content-tease__topic"> <span class="highlight">Featured</span> </p> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/video.aspx?id=1162" itemprop="url"> Research Contributing to Successful COVID-19 Vaccine Development</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p>Galit Alter, PhD, is a principal investigator at the Ragon Institute. She discusses her COVID-19 research that has been important for developing the critical insights into the antibody mechanisms that are essential to induce through vaccination to control and clear the infection.</p></p> <p class="content-tease__related"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1056" itemprop="relatedLink">COVID-19</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/specialty.aspx?id=1011" itemprop="relatedLink">Research and Innovation</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1087" itemprop="relatedLink">Vaccine</a> </p> <p class="content-metadata"> <span class="content-metadata__media -video">Video</span> <time class="date" datetime="2021-05-25" itemprop="datePublished">May 25, 2021</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/article-external.aspx?id=1148" itemprop="url"> T Cell Response to Omicron Preserved With Prior COVID-19 Infection, Vaccination</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p><span>Massachusetts General Hospital investigators evaluated T cell immune responses to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and found that individuals with prior COVID-19 infection or vaccination have a robust T cell response against Omicron, despite low antibody responses.</span></p></p> <p class="content-tease__related"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1056" itemprop="relatedLink">COVID-19</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/specialty.aspx?id=1011" itemprop="relatedLink">Research and Innovation</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1087" itemprop="relatedLink">Vaccine</a> </p> <p class="content-metadata"> <span class="content-metadata__media -article">Article</span> <time class="date" datetime="2022-03-02" itemprop="datePublished">March 2, 2022</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/obgyn/journal.aspx?id=2158" itemprop="url"> Protection After First Dose of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Slower to Develop in Pregnant Women</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p><span>Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and colleagues discovered antibody profiles induced by the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines develops more slowly than normal in pregnant/lactating women. This highlights the critical need to administer two doses at the recommended interval in pregnancy.</span></p></p> <p class="content-tease__related"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1056" itemprop="relatedLink">COVID-19</a>, <a href="/obgyn/specialty.aspx?id=1006" itemprop="relatedLink">OB/GYN</a>, <a href="/obgyn/topic.aspx?id=1034" itemprop="relatedLink">Obstetrics</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1087" itemprop="relatedLink">Vaccine</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1107" itemprop="relatedLink">Women's Health</a> </p> <p class="content-metadata"> <span class="content-metadata__media -journal">Journal</span> <time class="date" datetime="2022-02-16" itemprop="datePublished">February 16, 2022</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/article.aspx?id=1461" itemprop="url"> Medical Grand Rounds: The Omicron Surge: Testing, Clinical Aspects, Vaccines, and Global Implications</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p>Ruanne Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, and members of the Boston medical community discuss clinical aspects and global implications of the omicron surge.</p></p> <p class="content-tease__related"> <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1056" itemprop="relatedLink">COVID-19</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/specialty.aspx?id=1011" itemprop="relatedLink">Research and Innovation</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1087" itemprop="relatedLink">Vaccine</a> </p> <p class="content-metadata"> <span class="content-metadata__media -article">Article</span> <time class="date" datetime="2022-02-03" itemprop="datePublished">February 3, 2022</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/rheumatology/journal.aspx?id=2141" itemprop="url"> Severe Allergic Reactions Are Rare with COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p><span>A prospective study of employee mRNA COVID-19 vaccination at Mass General Brigham linked self-reported history of high-risk allergy to increased risk of self-reported allergic reactions, but only 0.3% of employees had severe reactions and the vast majority completed the two-dose series.</span></p></p> <p class="content-tease__related"> <a href="/rheumatology/topic.aspx?id=1086" itemprop="relatedLink">Allergy</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1056" itemprop="relatedLink">COVID-19</a>, <a href="/rheumatology/specialty.aspx?id=1010" itemprop="relatedLink">Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology</a>, <a href="/research-and-innovation/topic.aspx?id=1087" itemprop="relatedLink">Vaccine</a> </p> <p class="content-metadata"> <span class="content-metadata__media -journal">Journal</span> <time class="date" datetime="2022-02-01" itemprop="datePublished">February 1, 2022</time> </p> </div> </li> <li class="content-tease__item"> <div class="content-tease" itemtype="http://schema.org/ScholarlyArticle"> <h3 class="content-tease__heading" itemprop="name"> <a href="/rheumatology/article.aspx?id=1451" itemprop="url"> The Role of Immunosuppressives in Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Among Rheumatic Patients</a> </h3> <p itemprop="description"> <p>Zachary S. Wallace, MD, MSc, at Massachusetts General Hospital has been tracking breakthrough COVID-19 infections among vaccinated patients with rheumatic diseases. 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Blumenthal, MD, MSc</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Director of Research, Drug and Vaccine Allergy Center, Co-Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/rheumatology/journal.aspx?id=2561">Most Prior Drug Allergies Can Be Disproved in Older Adults</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/kimberly_blumenthal_advances.png, /assets/images/contributors/kimberly_blumenthal_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/kimberly_blumenthal_advances.png"> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <p class="profile-card__content__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances.png, /assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances.png"> </p> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1916" itemprop="url">Luk Vandenberghe, PhD</a> </h3> <p itemprop="jobTitle"> Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Grousbeck Family Chair in Gene Therapy and Director of the Grousbeck Gene Therapy Center, Mass Eye and Ear</p> <p class="profile-card__article"> <strong>Recent Article</strong><br> <a href="/research-and-innovation/article-external.aspx?id=1100">Developing a Gene-based Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19</a> </p> </div> <p class="profile-card__image"> <img alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="/assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances.png, /assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances_2x.png 2x" src="/assets/images/contributors/luk_vandenberghe2_advances.png"> </p> </li> <li class="profile-card" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <div class="profile-card__content"> <h3 class="profile-card__name" itemprop="name"> <a href="/contributors/contributor.aspx?id=1631" itemprop="url">Mark C. 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