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By Bill Galluccio
Apr 22, 2021
A large new study has found that the coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna do not appear to pose any risk when administered during pregnancy. The preliminary results of the study, which was published in the
New England Journal of Medicine, did not show obvious safety signals among pregnant persons who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
The study found that the rate of premature births, miscarriages, low-birth weight, and other complications in women who received the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines appear to be similar to the published incidences in pregnant populations studied before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The pace of vaccinations in the United States may be slowing down as vaccine hesitancy takes hold.
About 1.8 million vaccination jabs were reported Tuesday, the lowest one-day number in two weeks. Some of the decline could be attributed to availability, dinged by a pause in Johnson & Johnson doses. But demand has softened at some vaccinations sites, even as vaccine availability has been opened up to every U.S. adult. About 1 in 4 Americans say they might decline vaccination.
They seek to clarify information, address myths and encourage vaccination during public webinar Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
Essentia Health doctors sought to alleviate concerns about COVID-19 vaccines during a public webinar Wednesday, April 14, which included a segment designed to debunk what they called common myths surrounding the vaccines.
All who spoke continued to emphasize the importance of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Myths
Myth: The COVID-19 vaccine causes infertility in women.
Truth: Two Europeans with anti-vaccination views started the myth and it spread on social media, Noska said.
“Many of you are familiar with the benefits and risks of social media disseminating scientific knowledge,” she said. “The joint statement from our United States American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, as well as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, strongly suggests that experts in reproductive heal
Wednesday, April 21. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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After a devastating fall and winter surge that filled hospital intensive care units with COVID-19 patients and forced funeral homes to turn away grieving families, California’s coronavirus case rate is now the
lowest in the continental U.S.
The state’s latest seven-day rate of new cases 40.3 per 100,000 people is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 per 100,000. Only Hawaii’s case rate of 39.1 per 100,000 is lower than California’s, writes my colleague Luke Money.