Is the flu vaccine safe in pregnant women?

Several studies have looked at whether flu vaccine is safe in pregnancy. Are there serious side effects? The American Centers for Disease Control VAERS database (2006) contains information about approximately 2 million pregnant women vaccinated between 2000 and 2003. It found no serious adverse effects, either immediately or in infants up to 6 months old. …

HPV vaccination safe in pregnancy

Two new studies have confirmed that the quadrivalent HPV vaccine doesn’t increase the risk of adverse outcomes. The first study looked at 863 women who were inadvertently vaccinated within 30 days of their last menstrual period. The second study pooled data from five randomized controlled trials, involving more than 20,000 women, of whom 1796 vaccine …