The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a White House press briefing led by White House press secretary Jen Psaki at the White House James Brady Press Room, January 21 2021, Washington, DC.
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“No red flags” have been seen on the more than 10,000 pregnant women who have received Covid-19 vaccines so far, White House Health Counselor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.
Pregnant women and young children have been excluded from initial US clinical trials on vaccines, as is typical in experimental vaccine research. This has led to some concerns that there is not enough data to make sure vaccines are safe among pregnant women, but Fauci said the Food and Drug Administration has not yet seen any cause for concern.
“FDA, as part of the typical follow-up you have after the initial issuance of any [emergency use authorization] We have found so far and we need to be careful, but so far there are no red flags about this, about pregnant women, “Fauci said Wednesday in an interview with Dr. Howard Bauchner of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Since the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were authorized in December, more than 10,000 pregnant women, many of them health workers, have been shot, Fauci said. He noted that there is evidence that a coronavirus infection can lead to an increased risk of an adverse outcome during pregnancy, which is why many pregnant health workers have decided to receive the vaccine.
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