Top US Officials Discussed ‘Adverse Event Issue’ With COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy: Emails

Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration, during a Senate hearing in Washington on March 18, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images

Top U.S. health officials were concerned with an “adverse event issue” concerning COVID-19 vaccines being injected during pregnancy, according to newly disclosed emails.

On May 14, 2021, officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were exchanging emails about language concerning the coadministration of COVID-19 vaccines with other vaccines during pregnancy.