Vaccine Safety

Anthrax vaccine does not affect pregnancy or birth rates

Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 15th, 2002

by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - The pregnancy and birth rates of women who received the anthrax vaccine were not different from those of women who were not vaccinated, according to U.S. Army researchers.

The anthrax vaccine has the potential to cause health hazards, including reproduction problems in women. To determine the level of risk, A.R. Weisen, from the Madigan Army Medical Center, and colleagues analyzed information on 4092 women, of whom 3136 received at least one anthrax vaccination.

The women chosen for inclusion into the study ranged from 17-44 years old and had been stationed from January 1999 through March 2000 at...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-05-15)

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