Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at a White House press conference conducted by White House press officer Jen Psaki in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Jan. 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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“No red flags” have been seen in the more than 10,000 pregnant women who have received a Covid-19 vaccine to date, said White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday.
Pregnant women and young children were excluded from the original US clinical trials of the vaccines, as is typical in experimental vaccine research. That raised some concern that there isn’t enough data to make sure the vaccines are safe for pregnant women, but Fauci said the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t seen any cause for concern yet.
The FDA, as part of the typical follow-up you have after the initial issue of one [emergency use authorization] have discovered so far, and we have to be careful, but so far there are no red flags about pregnant women, ” Fauci said in an interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
Since the approval of the Moderna and Pfizer BioNTech vaccines in December, more than 10,000 pregnant women, many of whom were health professionals, have been given the opportunity, Fauci said. He noted that there is some evidence that coronavirus infection can lead to an increased risk of an adverse outcome during pregnancy, which could be why many pregnant health professionals decided to get the vaccine.
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