No Link Between COVID-19 Vaccine, Premature Births: CDC

WASHINGTON, DC — Pregnant women who get the COVID-19 vaccine face no increased risk of low birthweight or giving birth early, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study released this week analyzed more than 45,000 pregnant women between December 2020 and July 2021, according to a report by Forbes. Researchers found that vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with preterm births — defined as birth before 37 weeks — or small-for-gestational-age births, or babies whose birth weight was at the 10th percentile or lower.

The study compared vaccinated to unvaccinated women.

The study follows a different one released last year that found COVID-19 vaccines do not increase the risk of miscarriages or birth defects.

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