More Signs COVID Shots Are Safe for Pregnant Women

Julia Wu, ScD, lead researcher and epidemiologist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Human Immunomics Initiative, Boston.

Jacqueline Parchem, MD, maternal-fetal medicine specialist, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.

Christa Carrig, registered nurse; labor and delivery nurse, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Andrea Edlow, MD, lead researcher and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

CDC COVID Data Tracker: “Data on COVID-19 during pregnancy: severity of maternal illness.”

CDC: “V-safe COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry,” “Information about COVID-19 Vaccines for People who Are Pregnant or Breastfeeding.”

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: “Vaccinating Pregnant and Lactating Patients Against COVID-19.”

The Hill: “Vaccine research must include pregnant women during COVID and beyond.”

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine: “SMFM: Provider Considerations for Engaging in COVID-19 Vaccine Counseling with Pregnant and Lactating Patients 4.1.2021 (last published 3.3.21).”

News release, Massachusetts General Hospital: “Pregnant and lactating women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines, pass antibodies to newborns.”

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology: “Cord Blood Antibodies following Maternal COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy,” “COVID-19 vaccine response in pregnant and lactating women: a cohort study.”

European Journal of Epidemiology: “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women and mothers of young children: results of a survey in 16 countries.”

News release, Pfizer: “Pfizer and BioNTech commence global clinical trial to evaluate covid-19 vaccine in pregnant women.”