More Fetal Losses Than Expected After Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination in Israel: Study

The preprint paper’s authors include a new member of the committee that advises the CDC on vaccines.

A medic prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Netanya, Israel on Jan. 5, 2022. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

A higher-than-expected number of miscarriages and other forms of fetal loss were associated with COVID-19 vaccinations in Israel, a new study revealed.

Researchers found 13 fetal losses—four more than the nine expected—for every 100 pregnant women who received a COVID-19 vaccine during weeks eight to 13 in pregnancy, according to the study, which was published as a preprint on the medRxiv server.