CVAC - CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy amid surge in Delta variant

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that pregnant individuals should be vaccinated against COVID-19, based on a new analysis that did not show increased risk for miscarriage. Pregnant women can receive any of the three vaccines given U.S. emergency authorization - Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) - BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) or Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). "COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people aged 12 years and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future," the CDC quotes. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky pointed to new safety data that found no increased risk of miscarriage in a study of nearly 2,500 pregnant people who were immunized with one of the mRNA vaccines. Among 2,456 pregnant persons who got mRNA COVID-19 vaccine preconception or during the first 20 weeks of gestation, the cumulative risk of spontaneous abortion (SAB) from

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CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy amid surge in Delta variant