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Letter to Editor: The COVID vaccine will not cause infertility
Kenan Omurtag, MD
Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Medical Director Co-Director, Integrated Care and Fertility Preservation Program Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center
To my fellow Missourians hesitant about vaccination while trying to conceive and/or those who are pregnant: I grew up in Rolla. I went to college and medical school at UMKC in Kansas City. After graduating, my wife and I came back to St. Louis to settle down.
Missouri has made me who I am today, and I am looking for ways to give back to people throughout the state. At Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, my partners and I help 3,000 people a year pursue their goals of building a family.
Infertility, bad side effects, and more: St. Louis doctors debunk the COVID-19 vaccine myths
Some Missouri residents might still be hesitant to receive the vaccine.
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As state and St. Louis city officials guide residents in understanding how and when they can receive either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, many residents might still be apprehensive about receiving the two doses. Here, Dr. Kenan Omurtag, medical director of the IVF (in-vitro-fertilization) unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Dr. Hilary Babcock a Washington University infectious diseases physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, dispel the vaccinesâ myths.
First of all, how do the vaccines work? Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines. These kinds of vaccines provide instructions on making a protein in the human body, which then elicits the bodyâs immune response. In the COVID-19 vaccines, the mRNA instructs the body to create the spiked protein, which teaches your immune syst
Baby Born from 27-Year-Old Embryo: What This Means for the Future
Written by Amy Jamieson on December 19, 2020 Fact checked by Jennifer Chesak
Experts say scientific advances are allowing people to start families decades after embryos are frozen. Cavan Images/Getty Images
In October, a baby girl was born from an embryo that had been frozen for 27 years, a new record.
Experts say freezing techniques have become so advanced that how long an embryo is frozen should not affect the health of the mother or the baby.
They say embryos being used that have been frozen for decades will become more common in the future.