CDC officially recommends Covid vaccines for pregnant women after large study shows no safety concerns for expectant mothers who got shots made by Pfizer or Moderna CDC recommends that pregnant people receive the COVID-19 vaccine, director Dr Rochelle Walensky said in a Friday White House press briefing
She added that vaccination is a deeply personal choice for pregnant women, and encouraged them to talk to their doctors
It is unclear how many pregnant US women have had the shot, but CDC gathered data on 35,000 pregnant women who had Moderna s or Pfizer s shots
Rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, complications, birth defects and premature birth were all comparable between women who had the shots and those who had not
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New CDC guidance recommends pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine By Kate Smith COVID-19 vaccine trials in pregnant women
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Friday recommended that pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine, citing a new study that suggests there is no evidence that the shot causes safety concerns for pregnant people or their babies.
Speaking at a White House COVID-19 briefing, CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky acknowledged that none of the participants in initial trials of the COVID-19 vaccines were pregnant, leaving doctors and families with little data on how the new shots would impact patients or their pregnancy. But emerging self-reported data from the first months of the U.S. vaccine rollout has led researchers to suggest that the new vaccines do not pose increased risk during pregnancy.