Med Page Today Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection (risk ratio [RR] 0.41, 95% CI 0.30-0.57), stillbirth (RR 0.75, 95% CI 0.58-0.98), and preterm birth (RR 0.92, 95% CI 0.86-0.99), reported Nikan Zargarzadeh, MD, of Harvard University in Boston.
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