"Pregnant people who get a COVID vaccine are dramatically less likely to experience severe symptoms of the disease or to give birth prematurely, according to a comprehensive new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Those who got the shot during pregnancy, rather than before they were pregnant, showed even lower odds of health complications. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that COVID vaccines are safe and beneficial across different populations."
"The new study, conducted in nearly 20,000 pregnant people in Canada, shows vaccinated pregnant people are about 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized and 90 percent less likely to require intensive care than unvaccinated people. In the Delta and Omicron waves, getting the shot was also respectively linked to a fifth and a third lower risk of having a preterm birth, which carries numerous heal"
Vaccination during pregnancy substantially reduces risks of severe COVID-19 and adverse birth outcomes. Research in nearly 20,000 pregnant people in Canada found vaccinated pregnant people were about 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized and 90 percent less likely to require intensive care than unvaccinated people. Receiving a COVID vaccine during pregnancy rather than before pregnancy corresponded with even lower odds of complications. During the Delta and Omicron waves, vaccination was linked to a 20 percent and 33 percent lower risk of preterm birth, respectively. Unvaccinated pregnant people face greater odds of serious disease and death. Vaccines have shown safety and benefits across populations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed its recommendation for pregnant people to get vaccinated, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. expressed approval of that decision.
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