US study: The COVID-19 vaccine is safe for people who are trying to conceive and pregnant women, and does not increase the risk of miscarriage

According to the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on the 25th, a new study in the United States proves that the new crown vaccine is safe for people who are trying to conceive and even pregnant women.

The study, which surveyed more than 2,000 couples in the U.S. and Canada, found that covid-19 vaccination does not have a "negative impact" on fertility, as does for both men and women. However, men infected with the coronavirus may experience a brief decline in fertility. According to the study, published Jan. 20 in the American Journal of Epidemiology, if a man in a pregnant couple has contracted the virus within 60 days, their partner is 18 percent less likely to become pregnant.

Misinformation that COVID-19 vaccination could have a negative impact on fertility was largely spread through U.S. social media. A growing body of research shows that covid-19 vaccines not only do not affect fertility, but also do not affect pregnancy.

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Diana Bianchi, director of the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, said in a statement: "The findings prove once again that covid-19 vaccinations for pregnant couples do not appear to impair fertility."

A study released Jan. 4 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found that babies born to vaccinated pregnant women were not at increased risk of preterm birth or low-weight birth compared to babies born to pregnant women who were not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Yale researchers looked at health data from more than 40,000 pregnant women and found no safety issues with vaccinations during pregnancy. The researchers noted that most of the women surveyed in the analysis were vaccinated in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, and the study did not include pregnant women who received booster injections. Earlier, in September, the US CDC urged pregnant women to be vaccinated, noting that data showed that getting the COVID-19 vaccine did not increase the risk of miscarriage.

In addition, two studies published last summer found that the Pfizer and Modena vaccines appeared to be safe and effective for pregnant women, and also found that it was possible to provide protection for babies born to pregnant women who were vaccinated.

The American Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Association of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), two major health organizations in the United States that focus on the care of pregnant women, have issued new guidelines calling on all pregnant women to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) also says pregnant women can be vaccinated. ACCORDING TO WHO on its website, "There are currently limited data available to assess the safety of vaccination during pregnancy. However, based on what we know about the vaccines being used, there is no particular reason to be concerned."

(Editor: ZLQ)