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As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, doctors are urging people to get the vaccine, but understand that some people remain hesitant to roll up their sleeve and get a shot.
Health care professionals say providing information to tackle common questions about the vaccine, ranging from those who are trying to get pregnant, to others who are worried about long-term effects, is the only way to help ease concerns. Vaccine hesitancy is totally understandable, but also something we can deal with if you talk to someone you trust, said Dr. Sonja Bartolome, the associate chief quality officer for the health system at UT Southwestern and a professor of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, more women report experiencing a change in their menstrual cycle after receiving their shot.Leer en españolEdissa Santay, tells KCRA 3 that the day after she received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, she started her period, which lasted 10 to 11 days, which I found extremely odd and then after that, I started getting spotting in between and then I got the second period, which lasted the full cycle. Can the COVID vaccine affect my period? While there s still research being done, experts say cycle changes are very common and they can be attributed to stress, diet or other changes, so it s hard to link them to the vaccine. The vaccine itself as far as women are concerned in general, does not alter any of the physiological makeup of women, says Dr. Herman Hedriana, chief of obstetrics at UC Davis Health. While CDC data shows that women are reporting more side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine, than men, Dr. Hedriana reassures that all vacc
Messenger RNA COVID vaccines likely safe for pregnant women: Study
New information about COVID-19 vaccine and pregnant women
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Messenger RNA vaccines for COVID-19, such as those produced by Moderna and Pfizer, showed no obvious safety concerns for pregnant women, according to a preliminary report published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers looked at real-world data from more than 35,000 pregnant women who received an mRNA vaccine between Dec. 14, 2020, and Feb. 28 and found there were no major health-related issues for the mothers or the newborns, according to the study. Pfizer and Moderna are the only two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines currently granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.