COVID-19 Vaccines

Selected References:

• American Academy of Pediatrics. 2021. Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Available at URL: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/COVID-19/Pages/Breastfeeding-During-COVID-19.aspx
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. 2020. ABM Statement: Considerations for COVID-19 vaccination in lactation. Available at URL: https://abm.memberclicks.net/abm-statement-considerations-for-covid-19-vaccination-in-lactation
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• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 2021. COVID-19 vaccination considerations for obstetric-gynecologic care. Available at URL: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/12/covid-19-vaccination-considerations-for-obstetric-gynecologic-care
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. 2021. Statement of strong medical consensus for vaccination of pregnant individuals against COVID-19. Available at URL: https://www.acog.org/news/news-releases/2021/08/statement-of-strong-medical-consensus-for-vaccination-of-pregnant-individuals-against-covid-19.
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• Bentov Y, et al. 2021. Ovarian follicular function is not altered by SARS-CoV-2 infection or BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccination. Human Reproduction 36(9):2506–2513.
• Bertrand K, et al. Maternal and child outcomes reported by breastfeeding women following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. Breastfeeding Medicine 2021:16(9).
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• BORN Ontario, et al. 2021. COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Ontario. Report #2: December 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021. Available at URL: https://www.bornontario.ca/en/whats-happening/resources/Documents/BORN-COVID-19-Vaccination-During-Pregnancy-in-Ontario-Report-2—FINAL.pdf
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2021. COVID-19 vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/pregnancy.html
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2021. Interim clinical considerations for use of COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized in the United States: Considerations involving pregnancy, lactation, and fertility. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/covid-19-vaccines-us.html#pregnant
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2020. Vaccination safety for breastfeeding mothers. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-special-circumstances/vaccinations-medications-drugs/vaccinations.html
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2021. Vaccines for COVID-19. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force. 2021. Updates from the v-safe COVID-19 vaccine pregnancy registry. Available at URL: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-09-22/09-COVID-Olson-508.pdf
• Esteve-Palau E, et al. 2021. Quantification of specific antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk of lactating women vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine. JAMA Netw Open 4(8):e2120575.
• Friedman MR, et al. 2021. BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine elicits a rapid and synchronized antibody response in blood and milk of breastfeeding women. Pre-print online March 8, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.06.21252603
• Gonzalez D, et al. Sperm parameters before and after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. JAMA 2021;326(3):273–274.
• Gray KJ, et al. 2021. COVID-19 vaccine response in pregnant and lactating women: a cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol Mar 24:S0002-9378(21)00187-3.
• Golan Y, et al. 2021. Evaluation of messenger RNA from COVID-19 BTN162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccines in human milk. JAMA Pediatr 175(10):1069-1071.
• Janssen Therapeutics. 2021. Fact Sheet for recipients and caregivers: Emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to pregnant Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in individuals 18 years of age and older. Available at URL: https://www.janssenlabels.com/emergency-use-authorization/Janssen+COVID-19+Vaccine-Recipient-fact-sheet.pdf
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• ModernaTX, Inc. 2020. Fact sheet for recipients and caregivers: Emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in individuals 18 years of age and older. Available at URL: https://www.modernatx.com/covid19vaccine-eua/eua-fact-sheet-recipients.pdf
• Morris RS. 2021. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein seropositivity from vaccination or infection does not cause sterility. F&S Reports 2(3):253-255.
• Orvieto et al. 2021. Does mRNA SARS-C0_v-2 vaccine influence patients’ performance during IVF-ET cycle? Reprod Biol Endocrinol 19:69.
• Perl SH, et al. 2021. SARS-CoV-2–specific antibodies in breast milk after COVID-19 vaccination of breastfeeding women. JAMA 325(19):2013-2014.
• Pfizer, Inc. 2020. Vaccine information fact sheet for recipients and caregivers about Comirnaty (COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA) and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for use in individuals 12 years of age and older. Available at URL: https://www.fda.gov/media/153716/download
• Rottenstreich A, et al. 2021. Efficient maternofetal transplacental transfer of anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike antibodies after antenatal SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccination. Clin Infect Dis 73(10):1909-1912.
• Safrai M, et al. BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine does not impair sperm parameters. Pre-print online May 3, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.30.21255690
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• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. 2021. COVID-19 vaccination if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Available at URL: https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.smfm.org/media/3040/COVID_vaccine__Patients_JULY_29_2021_final.pdf
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