COVID-19 Vaccination in the First Trimester and Major Structural Birth Defects Among Live Births
Kharbanda E, DeSilva M, Lipkind H, Romitti P, Zhu J, Vesco K, Boyce T, Daley M, Fuller C, Getahun D, Jackson L, Williams J, Zerbo O, Weintraub E, Vazquez-Benitez G. COVID-19 Vaccination in the First Trimester and Major Structural Birth Defects Among Live Births. JAMA Pediatrics 2024, 178: 823-829. PMID: 38949821, PMCID: PMC11217887, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructural birth defectsLive-born infantsFirst-trimesterBirth defectsCOVID-19 vaccineLive birthsRetrospective cohort study of singleton pregnanciesStudy of singleton pregnanciesVaccine exposureMessenger RNA COVID-19 vaccineMessenger RNAFirst-trimester vaccinationMRNA COVID-19 vaccinePrevent pregnancy complicationsRetrospective cohort studyStabilized inverse probability weightsElectronic health dataNeural tube defectsMedical record reviewMultisite cohort studyLMP dateVaccine Safety DatalinkCOVID-19 vaccine dosesSingleton pregnanciesEligible pregnancies