Pfizer And Moderna Vaccines Not Linked To Birth Defects, Study Finds

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There is no evidence of major birth defects in babies born to mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 during the first trimester of pregnancy, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, underscoring the safety of vaccination during pregnancy amid mounting evidence of the severe health risks infections can cause for mothers and babies.

Nearly a fifth of the pregnant people, around 7,600, received a dose of an mRNA Covid vaccine during the first trimester — one of theof pregnancy for harmful exposures and birth defects — the researchers said, with 19,000 not receiving a vaccine before or during pregnancy and 13,500 getting a dose in their second or third trimesters but not in their first.

The researchers said their findings indicate no increased risk for major structural birth defects following first-trimester vaccination, adding this is in line with the handful of other studies from Scotland and Israel to comprehensively assess the association between maternal vaccination and birth defects in infants.

 

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