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Moderna, Pfizer vaccines shown safe and effective in pregnant & lactating women – Contemporary Obgyn

Since pregnant and lactating women were excluded in the initial trials for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, a team of researchers now has released…

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Due to the omission of pregnant and lactating women in the initial trials, data were lacking for vaccine efficacy and infant humoral protection in this population, the research authors noted.
Pregnant women were excluded due to the higher level of safety that is required to test vaccines in pregnant populations, said Galit Alter, PhD, one of the studys authors who is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and group leader at the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts…

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