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With nod for vaccine in pregnancy, crores of families will breathe easy © Provided by The Times of India Last Friday, India finally allowed Covid vaccines for pregnant women. After firmly refusing to vaccinate them for months, the government swung to the opposite view that they “can and should” be vaccinated. “Vaccination is useful for them and should be given,” ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said. This makes India only the 18th country to “recommend” vaccines for all pregnant women. There are 28 other countries that “permit” Covid vaccines in pregnancy, but without overt enc...

Last Friday, India finally allowed Covid vaccines for pregnant women. After firmly refusing to vaccinate them for months, the government swung to the opposite view that they “can and should” be vaccinated. “Vaccination is useful for them and should be given,” ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said. This makes India only the 18th country to “recommend” vaccines for all pregnant women. There are 28 other countries that “permit” Covid vaccines in pregnancy, but without overt encouragement. Another 46 countries either permit with restrictions, or deny with exceptions, data from COMIT...

Dr. Paul Carson said he wishes other area faith communities would do what the Muslim community is doing to make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible.

Pfizer and Moderna vaccines safe for pregnant people, major study confirms The report strengthens the CDC’s recommendation that anyone pregnant be offered the vaccine and sets the stage for more “paradigm-changing” vaccine trials during pregnancy. ByTara Haelle Email As each of the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines became available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consistently asserted that they should not be withheld from people who are pregnant and want the vaccine. But since all the clinical trials excluded people who were pregnant, no safety data was available for thos...

Close Reasons for Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy are many; here's what medical and public-health experts say about some concerns By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News May 3, 2021 May 3, 2021 In a society that gives out trophies for participation, it's only natural that the U.S. is celebrating that about a third of its population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus and 43% have received at least one dose of a vaccine.   But hold those trophies, public health officials might say, because we have a ways to go before we reach herd immunity th...